[Devero shakes his head and holds up his hands, palms out.] Those who choose to bear a heavy burden for the good of the world deserve the world's respect and support. [Which means they can complain as they please, as far as Dev's concerned. But boy, that sure sounds like a rote recitation, doesn't it? But he says it sincerely, for as practiced as the words are.

--And frowns a little as something occurs to him. He's been learning some ugly things about worlds other than his, ugly things tossed around as casual, normal, expected.]

Did-- did you get to choose...?