Sleepy Fox Hollow gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary

She could tell Mahler was reserving judgement until she had passed her own; it was the same song and dance, one they had done multiple times. But she couldn't help but wonder why he even bothered. Clearly her opinion mattered very little to the General. He would do as he pleased regardless of how she felt about it. She wanted to make some snide comment that implied as much, but refrained in the presence of a stranger and soon to be subordinate. Instead, she offered a curt nod and added: Takiyok. 

She stepped back some, inviting him to cross the borders. We can find some other way for you to ingratiate yourself to Diaspora, she added. His admittance into their ranks would not be without a price, as it was for all who had come before him, requesting the same.