"I'm no traitor to anything. I was born outside the Qun. If I wanted to hurt you, wouldn't you already know it?" They were at a stand-still; if she moved closer, he might think she was attacking, and if she moved away he might see an advantage.
"I know how scared you have to be right now, and I know you think that without the Qun telling you who you are and what to do, you have no control over yourself. That's not true. Not at all. And I know this must sound like a test or a trick, so I don't know how to prove to you that it's not, but I know you when you're Tal-Vashoth. All the things you're afraid of, they turn out to be for nothing."