Sam noticed the change in attitude almost immediately, mostly because she had been so caustic before that the softening was markedly noticeable. He couldn't imagine living through something like that. Even just the destruction of Mission City was horrific, he couldn't imagine an entire planet visited by that destruction.

"So how far along is society on those other planets?" Sam asked. He wondered if they were barely surviving, or if they had all the comforts that they had been used to back home. If it wasn't so horrific, it would be interesting to see a city that was built new, without having to accommodate previous infrastructure but had all the advantages of modern technology and planning.