[At least she looks him in the eye. And he understands this mindset coming from someone who's lived in the circumstances she says she's lived in -- he would understand an extent of it coming from someone who had lived in his own most recent circumstances prior to the Moira.

In any case, he doesn't sound too troubled by her answer. When he responds, his tone is cool, as if the conversation is more academic to him than anything.]

But where would that end? Also, at what point does a survivalist mentality serve us? It may not be necessary here, even if the basic tenets are always worth keeping in mind.