Sasha wraps her hands around her mug. She isn't looking forward to this next bit of the conversation. Seyli, in particular, is going to think she's a barbarian. But she needs Remi to understand that she cares about the moths, even if her half-formed idea isn't safe for them, or anyone. "Where I come from, they bind people into ships. Not because it does anything useful, but because they want someone there to be responsible, if something goes terribly wrong. I can almost guarantee you, that odd ship that was tracking us as we left Moongray, it had a human at the center. I left because I couldn't stand it and I couldn't see how to move against it. With the moths, in the rebellion, I think maybe we can."

She goes on, "I don't think we have the political pull to free more rebellion moths right now, not if we want to keep them safe afterwards. But moths that aren't ours--or if we enter open conflict with Quill's people--fucking up a mothdrive sounds like a weapon. From what you're saying, I could do that temporarily with code, if I got access to the system? And more permanent fixes go after the hardware?"