"A couple of centuries is an instant, as far as they're concerned. They've been here for millions of years, already, endlessly toiling away, here, beneath the earth. Do you really expect them to accept a new outsider, in just a few short years? They're an incredibly paranoid people. Hell, they don't even fully trust<em>me</em>yet. But, I can assure you, I can get them to your side, and within a year. Most of them are long-since ready to leave this place, after all. After that... we'll see about what secrets I can get from them. I'll definitely try to get their metal, first, though... not even my constructs are built from that, yet. Which is why you destroyed them, so easily."