[ Ah, so she has familiarity with this sort of thing after all. The network, too. Miller listens quietly, but his gaze is especially attentive on her when she starts talking more about her home. Although they've been more or less meeting each others' energy at this point, it is humbling, in a sense, to be offered this degree of trust from a stranger. ]

I understand. It seems that many of us were acquainted with crooked regimes... I have wondered if that's part of why we were chosen.

[ That is, of course, his way of saying that he is acquainted as well — but it's more than just the two of them. He's met many people here who've told a similar tale. As for her question, ]

Well... I guess that depends on how you frame it. Once you have atoned for one "crime," there is a good chance you will be accused of another. They'll also send their henchman knocking if you break their unspoken rules.

[ It would be great if there was an actual code of law to go by, no matter how rudimentary. But there just isn't. She sounded concerned about this for some potentially more specific reason though, so he looks at her sidelong. ]

Why do you ask?