[ The instinct to snap at him, and petulantly, is quashed beneath the weight of a deep breath. ]

You're right. But I don't know that I have enough time to prove my intentions to you. Do you want me to provide references?

[ She continues, frustrated, but earnest: ] I spent more than a year of my life in that place, and I couldn't get away fast enough. For a while, I swore that I would never come back. That I never even wanted to think about the Tranquility ever again. But I couldn't leave all of you there. I want to help stop what's happening. I want to break the cycle of people being taken from their homes and to that horrible place. I want to give people a chance of finding normalcy again, of being sent home. If you've got any idea of how I can prove this to you to your liking in the next hour or so, I am all ears.