"Yeah, at least on the surface." Hugh paused and returned Garfield’s gaze. "Those guys aren’t Bobs anymore. Somewhere back in their ancestry, someone got a double dose of drift in something. Or maybe there’s some PTSD from the last common ancestor’s personal timeline, maybe from the Others war. Whatever the reason, they’ve become obsessive about it—it’s not an intellectual stance. It’s almost VEHEMENT-like."