He doesn't really catch on to why Firo is blushing. Sure, he's heard the tale of Dallas Genoard since the incident and he can agree that the man was very unpleasant, but much of that, to him, doesn't compare to the shock and anger he'd felt from seeing Szilard Quates, or the relief that he was finally gone, or the terror when he realized his friends were immortal. In the end he felt relief, too, but the bottom line was that he can't even remember Dallas' face. He decides to just smile in response to Firo's apology.

"We did what most group of thugs did. Cause some fights, harass some people -- though mostly those were done by others. I wasn't really looking to cause trouble, personally; I only started it because I'd realized that there was something wrong with the city, but as a noble, I had far too little power to fix it. I thought being something else might help...

"And to answer your question, no. None of those people were on the ship with me. In fact, but the time we boarded the Advenna Avis, I wasn't even a part of the group anymore."