[He puts her hand under the faucet with the same care as the first one, but his demeanor has shifted slightly, and if she looks closely, she may perceive him as intensely weary on a broad scale.]

Yes, you're absolutely right. I would say that I primarily blame the Caducans... but see where it all got them.

[He gets a nasty look in his remaining original eye when he says that -- one that implies that they got what they deserved, under the circumstances -- but it's gone almost as soon as it arrives.]

What do you think the captains should have done? I don't think they saw blowing them out of the sky as soon as they made themselves known as an option.

[This isn't a challenge: he sounds legitimately interested.]