"The women you say?" All courtly accents and elegant drawl. "At least I know what to do with one?" There was a moment when Reinette took life and role into her hands as she acted as comrade and elbowed the guard in the ribs, as if to share in the joke. She breathed. Then breathed again. So far, all was well.

"You should see how he pranced about this ship the past few weeks. He nearly is a women. If you as me -- and you should ask me -- you should be keeping him with them. There is hardly any difference, after all."