"A doctor's meant to bring life, not death,' said Estinee. 'You're a doctor!'
'Or am I an admiral? Or a knight, or a fool? Does it matter what I am?' He reeled away from the console, paced about. 'I'd be saving so many lives. Lives that will go on and on. See, in my time, death is a constant, everywhere you go. The price we pay for progress. The pain we pay for love. The way to win a war.' He turned to look at her and Fallomax. 'But it doesn't have to be. I can stop the Kotturuh here and now and change everything. Reinvent the future."