'It's sensible,' she says, not too surprised by the similarity. 'I think if I'd been born an Earther, I'd still have been a pilot. That was my story when I visited Earth a couple of times through the rifts, anyway.' With varying degrees of success, even if she knew enough about Earthers that she claimed to be older than she was.

He'd been working with a scientist? This is not only new information, it's difficult to integrate with what she already knows of the situation. He's working with her on this as a last resort; before he'd been unwilling, and back home he'd endured horrific torture rather than reveal what he knew.

Maybe he'd seen this scientist as far more trustworthy than Ari herself. That's one explanation, although she doesn't like it. She decides it doesn't matter. Whatever the reasoning, she's getting what she wants now. But she needs to be careful. 'I think we'll work well together,' she says, 'and I can push. I will. But if it's more than you're comfortable with, ever, you've got to tell me, so I can be more patient.'