"Interesting," Zechs told her. "I'm not, of course, just as you're not speaking English. I had guessed this was one of the things the train had changed for us, but it is interesting to see it confirmed."

Zechs' eyes narrowed. "Some might believe that means our actions here do not matter."

He didn't believe that, because his actions still showed the sort of person he was. But Zechs could imagine people who would come to that conclusion.