[ Maybe there's nothing to get. Maybe Nice is just eccentric. It wouldn't be the first time he encountered a weirdo like him.

Anyways, those are just digressions obscuring the fact that Nice is likely the kind of guy that accidentally gets himself killed. He just strikes him as recklessly self-destructive. ]

Just be they wouldn't stand for it doesn't mean it won't happen. [ A ringing scoff. ] You can't be so simple-minded and assume that the status quo will remain intact the whole time. This colony is a powder keg waiting to burst. I wouldn't be surprised if everything fell into anarchy tomorrow.

[ Elliot didn't even reply to the question, but his omission likely tells enough of an answer, regardless ... ]