Vere:

"Much has changed in the worlds of power. And I would move our people inward to the core of Reality, that they never again will have to fear their world being so easily destroyed. And...," he looks from Vianis to his sister, "And," he repeats, "So that our people will have a greater role in determining the future nature of that Reality. Seeking after that power is dangerous, of course, but we have seen proof that there is no true safety in obscurity."