On that, they could also agree. Raising himself in Terra and then slipping to Gaia, in his first years, he had almost done the same. But it was a lesson hard learned in his arrogance, and one he would never repeat in practice. Those were not costs he was prepared or willing to pay again.

"I should like not to assume they will do anything with it. What they do now does not concern me, and if it does, I can always teach them their lessons again until they learn." He looked down and over himself again, admiring the new color of his clothing.

"If I consider dying this, I think I might make it this color."