"My wife might leave me over this. My daughter's started trying to contest ownership of the House but that doesn't work as well when I've seceded."

"They don't want to have a planet?"

"My daughter thinks it might turn out to be polluted or have strings attached. My wife might stay on the planet, she's just unhappy with me."

"It was made from scratch last week, it's not polluted."

"It wouldn't surprise me, let alone my daughter, if you thought it was funny to make it polluted anyway."

"Are the only people here who think torturing reds is bad also people who pollute things for fun?"

"Even edgy greens usually have pollution instincts. You don't."

"Well, the planet's not polluted and the only conditions are the ones we told you about in the first place. Sorry people are being stupid."

"My family isn't stupid."

"I said being stupid. Would it help if they met more important people or something, got a sense of them..."

"I don't see how that would change things. Maybe."

"I could probably arrange that if it'd help. Are you safe here, if people are mad at you..."

"I think the greys are siding with me."

Nod. "If you want a different planet and want to watch it being made or something they could probably do that."

"That doesn't really get to the heart of the issue."

Shrug.

"But if someone wants to come meet my wife and daughter I can probably still get them to come to dinner."

"I bet that one of Prince Nelyafinwë would enjoy himself and be helpful but I'd feel awfully presumptuous asking."

Shrug. "You don't have to."

"I know that. You're cool, I want things to work out okay for you."

"I don't know what to make of it when you approve of me."

"...cultural thing?"

"Not really. You don't have the - psychological architecture you'd need, to understand my motivations or my reservations, it just adds up in a way you like."

"I don't think you're cool because you decided to sign up for membership, I think you're cool because you don't do the no-exit-clause contracts and try to get everybody a kid and are scared for your citizens that we might arrest them and stuff. Those are good things. It doesn't matter if your reason is - thinking God will reward you or wanting to impress someone or wanting to spite someone or whatever else. Your people have the kids and now a planet no matter what the ...psychological architecture that made you do that."

"All right."