"For me, it is a place inhabited by the frightened and the desperate, always suspicious, watchful for trickery

"For me, it is a place inhabited by the frightened and the desperate, always suspicious, watchful for trickery. All too often they are deaf to the voice of reason. They cannot grasp that chaos and lawlessness lead only to yet more chaos and lawlessness. All my life I've tried to break through to these poor people, but alas, I don't seem to have made much progress." Jhod is visibly upset, and grows silent for a while.