"One day," she said. "One day your people will leave their planet and go out into the stars. I am from far, far in the future, this I have seen in my own. I cannot imagine two peoples are so different."

She carefully worked the knots out of her hair, her expression thoughtful.

"It may take a long time from where your people are now, but they will leave eventually. Humans, by their very nature, they are explorers and thinkers, engineers, and scientists. And in truth, warriors, too. But they are a curious people. By their own need and eagerness, they cannot sit content once they have found the means to travel the stars. It may not happen for many, many years, but what are those years in the lifetime of a people?"