"Sounds like you think of everything." And incredibly rigidly, too.

"Going back in time, altering events that sow discord later to rewrite history... If you have access to that much technology and that many resources, why is it you haven't just taken out COST's leaders in their pasts? Are they out of your reach now? if that's the case and that big a weakness exists, it sounds like making promises out of turn.

You get that what I want, above all else, is the safety and prosperity of my people. I'm not gambling with that based on less than full information."