[Hm. She tilts her head to one side at the particular nature of his deflection, but says nothing. She likes him well enough that she's not inclined to pry away at his secrets.

Instead, she will divulge one of her own.]

I would have destroyed it if I could. I settled for a small country known as New Jerusalem.

[And she quotes,]

'I will not cease from mental fight, nor shall my sword sleep in my hand'. It was built by a madman. But even the maddest of men are not immune to nuclear bombs.