She takes that in silently, then nods. "Even a century can seem like the blink of an eye in times of turmoil."

"Yes. It wound up being very useful." But useful is one word for it. A hostile takeover is another. She wasn't half-Bgztlian and half-Terran, she was half-Bgztlian and half-Carggite. There was another of her floating out in the ether and only the Mistress knew what the missing third of her had become.