Given the selection process for such a thing, it would not surprise me to learn it was a factor. The orbs make the deals, but Viveca-san and Commander Degar are the two that decide who arrives or not. It seems, by and large, their preference is for people possessed of the ability to understand the hearts of others. I believe a certain amount of transparency is required for that.
（ he isn't saying it applies to all the individuals aboard the ximilia, but the ones who have been here longest, who have made the deepest impact... they all seem to be driven by deep and incredible love that sits just so on the surface of everything they project to others. blue is but one of them. ）
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Given the selection process for such a thing, it would not surprise me to learn it was a factor. The orbs make the deals, but Viveca-san and Commander Degar are the two that decide who arrives or not. It seems, by and large, their preference is for people possessed of the ability to understand the hearts of others. I believe a certain amount of transparency is required for that.
（ he isn't saying it applies to all the individuals aboard the ximilia, but the ones who have been here longest, who have made the deepest impact... they all seem to be driven by deep and incredible love that sits just so on the surface of everything they project to others. blue is but one of them. ）