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Certainly the latter; it's not her "integrity" he's after, here.
"You misunderstand. Back home, I spent my time helping people get what they want-- what they need. I merely assumed that someone used to a certain lifestyle like yourself might find yourself missing that sort of support now that you're here. I'm here to help."
That's his point exactly; she has no one to whom she can dedicate herself and her loyalty. So why not dedicate herself to him--?
"So that's what you call it." Freeing people from some other exploitative power just to keep them under her own thumb, no doubt.
"Well, there's no power more exploitative here than the Stars themselves." At least, that's one sentiment. Maxwell, for his part, finds their captors-slash-saviors to be perfectly adequate, all things considered.
"So it stands to reason that your first step would be to take on the big bads themselves, right?"
He's teasing her. He doesn't believe for one second that she's the underdog protector-of-the-downtrodden that she claims to be.
◈ Carlotta's gaze narrowed. "Oh? A most curious proposal to levy towards someone you've only just met, sir. Do I give off an air of integrity, or could it be possible you may be interested in my skillset?" She hadn't divulged her talents to him, but she wore a BB gun on her hip. With what she'd said, it was possible he could have concerned she was a marksman.
If so, he was absolutely correct in that assertion.
"Admittedly, as a fresh face I hardly have much in the way of aspirations just yet. Committed to my family as I am, that loyalty serves no purpose here." A world without the Montellis was something new to brave, but the woman was up to the challenge. "So I suppose I'll inevitable fall back on my principles alone. Surely there are those here that are suffering under the pressures of the exploitative, so I'd work to relieve those pressures so that the suffering know peace."