Valdis didn't know why a reporter would have abs like his, but she wasn't about to question it. Investigative reporters on her world didn't look like him, or at least not any she'd met. Not that it mattered, since it was the soul that held the true nature of any individual.

"It is, but not in a good way," she replied, "But, yes, it could be worse. I also dislike cages. I was always on the move at home, never stayed in one place for long. The one time I did, my enemy caught up with me."