"Not everyone who has the chance to learn is willing to," Ghost says quietly. Blaze half turns her head toward him, then nods and claps Adia on the shoulder. Gently, for her, so as not to bruise their new friend.

"Guess it isn't easy to put a war to rest. But you've got the capability, all of you. The people of our Earth treated one another viciously for thousands of years. Go back a thousand years and I'll bet they wouldn't believe they could ever make peace, either. And yet they did." There's a fierce earnestness in her voice, a deep faith in what humanity can achieve.

"With everyone crammed into ships or trying to build a settlement from scratch, right. Must be a worthy challenge trying to keep them all healthy. I don't know too much about the fine points of epidemiology, but public health seems like a major concern down in the City."