"The Sentients. Killed an Empire that enslaved us. Nasty, unpredictable things. Interesting, though. I would have loved a chance to really get a look at them." Ahem, Lotus.

"Good. Don't trust her. Her army of brainwashed little lizards is up to something. Maybe this thing. They already snatch people, lots of them." On some level he doubted she was wrapped up in this, but on the other hand, she'd been responsible for a persistent level of stress and frustration in his life recently. She was the obvious culprit.