I have always said that to solve war you would have to solve humanity itself...

[ There's a wry little note to it, a faint smirk; Val's a rather self-aware cynic, most of the time. He doesn't seem bothered by the nudge. ]

One of us is already trying to push the technology as far as she can take it. If anyone will figure such a thing out and change the world, it's her.

[ Wherever she is. ]