veronica hesitated , searching for the right words and then responded , my lord , she paused again and then placed her hands on his shoulders , caressing them slowly and hengist could almost imagine the motions were endearing , the last year of my life i had convinced myself that your motives were purely evil , but since i have been your guest on your ship and seeing first hand your massive global organization in preparation of the onset of the minimum , i could easily be persuaded that toprak will be the thing that saves world , not destroys it .