[ He smiled, but there was something oddly pained about it. ]

If you'da asked me a year ago, I woulda said very well. But I ain't sure that - Mars has been gettin' up to some stuff that I don't rightly think is good for anyone. Better to stay out in the Belt, where we are. Were. You know what I mean.

[ There's no possible way that Haruto could know, just how painful this was to say. How painful it was to know.

But Mars had betrayed Bobbie - betrayed it's own Marines - helped develop a protomolecule hybrid...

All his loyalty and all his patriotism still couldn't have him rightly tell Haruto that he'd be safe. Not there.

The Belt, though. The belt he'd have a fairer shot. ]

And Earth you'd be fine on, though I ain't never been so I can't say all that much about it.