"To the first question, no, they are not. I've been here for months, and yours is the first voice from that place I've heard. To the second...it's a bit of a long answer. Would you prefer to be somewhere more comfortable?"

The good thing about being here, Helena thinks, is that it will give Grace a chance she's not had - to make friends, to be around others who are not either her fellow killers or her murder victims. For all its flaws, the ship holds infinite potential at the same time.