"Well, even with ships that can get from world to world it would still take a prohibitively long time to reach another system. Faster-than-light travel is of course the goal I believe, but we still haven't achieved it." Spending a lot of time in conversation with aforementioned isolated men - and yes, often only exercising the companionship angle of being a Companion - had given her access to a wide and eclectic array of information about her time, if not the details behind them. "For some reason terraforming entire worlds and moons was easier."

As a result, she was quickly out of her depth. "Placebo effect? In what sense?"