Why not? I am one of the people who lives here. I am under the Guard's protection. You do not care whether or not I trust you? I have not been here long enough to witness your actions. Your dream, and our few interactions before then, are all I have.

[There is no transition from one thought to the next, almost as if Brennan is voicing her stream of consciousness. Brennan is not deterred by Maketh's firmness. She has seen too much in life for one woman to shake her.]