Sam drummed her fingers against her knee, listening to Steph with a curious cant to her head. She'd more or less come to terms with the notion that some universes in the multiverse had made first contact with alien life. And really, her perception of chaos theory alone was enough to convince her that alien life had to exist. But the notion of an alien being so much stronger than human beings was a little unnerving. It put her in the mind of the Predators.

Conquerors.

But his dude sounded like he had some of Grace's ideas about, you know, not being a dick. So that was nice. Fascinating and kind of anti-Darwinian. But nice.

"I'm impressed by this guy," she said. "If I were in his place, I'd be too afraid of being dissected to just...come out like that."