"He was," Walden agreed. "Perhaps his kin will prove equal to his memory. Perhaps not. Cato seems much like the rest of the family heads in this time, unfortunately."
"If I were a man to bother with existential ideas, I'd almost believe we were brought back to put the world back to rights." Swirling the brandy slowly in the glass, he grinned just as slowly. "Things are...nebulous...at the moment. The third option, then perhaps the second, back to the third if there is anything left after that. She's something of a challenge simply for the fact she is little of a challenge. It would have been all too easy to take her Monday had I wanted. This one wants some playing before we play, I think. Wear her down a bit, perhaps come to her rescue, then, shall we say, take her away from it all?"