Can't be blamed? Oh, I definitely blame them. [And there it finally is, an edge of proper anger, sharp and hard.]

I do think they're ignorant, that they probably do what they do because they've never considered there being another way. But that doesn't make slavery right, and it doesn't make them less guilty. It just means I think they can be redeemed, that's all.

[He sighs, and he... does notice the way she speaks, as if she stands apart in a way.] You aren't human, are you? I mean, from the way you speak, it sounds like you didn't start out that way.