Beau had paid more attention in her history classes than she was willing to let on, so she didn't go into a brief ramble about how much of western Wynandir had gradually been eaten by the Empire.

"Yeah," she said instead, rolling her eyes. "Where I'm from kind off blows, let's leave it at that. Anyway. This truth of the universe thing. Is there some kind of absolute concept of what that is, or is it subject to personal interpretation?"