[Cain listens as the dog dæmon retreats. She's returning to her human. It's a shame, but he understands. He can't leave Elle right now for similar enough reasons.

Elle, he knows, isn't going to be able to let that be. And she speaks up just like he knows she's going to.]

Maybe... it won't affect me, but I... I mean, I understand what... you're saying, but I almost feel like... That's what -- That's why maybe I... I mean, it's not gonna affect me. I don't have the connection to these people, the people who are going to be affected, I don't... I don't know them, I don't know their values, their history, their language, I -- To make this kind of decision, to be responsible for these people, I... Maybe I can be impartial, but I -- I don't feel... qualified.

[She doesn't even feel qualified to make the decision she has to make for the Mojave.]

And I... The fact that you're -- trusting me with this, something so important, when you don't know... You didn't know -- hardly anything about me, I mean, I... Impartial is one thing, but you didn't know if I'd... care enough to really... put thought into it.