"It's a beautiful planet, isn't it?  At least outwardly.  the view onto Capital beats any other view from space I've ever seen.  You can hardly see the planet for the lightlines."

"It's a beautiful planet, isn't it?  At least outwardly.  The view onto Capital beats any other view from space I've ever seen.  You can hardly see the planet for the lightlines."

<details><summary>(Temporarily hidden thoughts until end of current conversation.)</summary>He is a curious man, and there are all manner of things he wants to know about this one; is she powerful, is she useful, what was her crime, is she planning to stick around or take the first offer out, is she a fun victim.

But she is holding herself together very firmly, for somebody who just arrived in prison; and that's indicative of somebody planning to save her feelings for the lightlines.  He isn't going to interfere with that by asking her where she's from, what she did to get here, what she's lost.</details>

"It's a beautiful planet, isn't it?  At least outwardly.  The view onto Capital beats any other view from space I've ever seen.  You can hardly see the planet for the lightlines."

"It's a beautiful planet, isn't it?  At least outwardly.  The view onto Capital beats any other view from space I've ever seen.  You can hardly see the planet for the lightlines."