"I wouldn't say that it's backwards, just... well. It is different."

He looked at Vax. "I am more than that," he said. "There is much more to me. But it is still the case that, a Servant of Naamah - " He paused. Hesitated. Then finally said, "I am not saying this to be boastful, but simply as a statement of fact. What I offered you - where I come from, it is something of great value. I would not have offered if I did not want it, too. But I still wish that there was some way I could repay you."