Emlin's opinion of Captain Salvador drops steeply when he all but says outright that he doesn't care what kind of moral values Citalloners have as long as they agree to help. But the captain may not be representative of his own culture, and anyway, Emlin knows it's best to give the benefit of the doubt. "A good question, Mama. But how do we ask this man to elaborate? If we try the occupiers' language, he may know enough to understand us, but I doubt hearing it would put him in a talking mood."