She stopped pacing, breathing heavily. “Look, is it enough to say that we’re a powerful alien race from far away? Everything I’ve ever told you about us being friendly is true. There’s just one thing I haven’t told you. We can’t leave. Equus is our home now, and so I’ve been very interested in learning as much as I could about it. What its history is, its dangers… By tomorrow morning they should’ve found us, and you’ll see our whole city. Everything we have. We’re building more, but…” She trailed off.