"Despite your smiles, you weren't fond of that life, were you?" she commented, pushing his martini toward him, her eyes glittering, "And even if you were, it sounds like you were pretty useless to the world at large."

She continued to nurse her own martini between comments.

"You're right about one thing, though, Keeliai is very different. A place for second chances, even for us." A brief pause as she seemed to consider her next words carefully. "At least I've done something with myself, even if only temporarily."