“If we don’t find a way to stop it now, make no mistake. The Alliance will proceed with their purpose, and there will be an entire generation of people like my sister but without the humanity that they couldn’t quite manage to strip from her and the others you’ve helped to free. A generation of readers who are warrior assassins without a scrap of humanity left in them. How safe will your people be then?” Simon paused, letting the import of his words hang in the air, and then said softly, “Please, help us now to prevent it while we still can.”
-- Rock and a Hard Place--Part X--The Underground by slumming