Some of them. I think plenty are indifferent, or ignorant, or—it is easy to believe the order of things is correct and natural when it’s given you and your family enough to eat, and an education, and a piano, and—

[ He stops before he can make it any more obvious that it’s Alexandrie, springing to his mind. ]

—not all cages are equal, you know? I don’t think there are that many people with power who would change things if they could. Not much. And if the ones who try are so easy to snuff out?