I love Niner so very much. I think I over-identify with him more even than with Fixer.
Disclaimer: see ch. 1
Peace: The normal non-warring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world
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Silence, stillness
Niner's secret wish is for the constant clamor of worried voices and wildly discordant contingencies in his brain to end; for quiet. He's heard Skirata claim that they don't know what peace is; haven't been allowed it.
Niner thinks he's wrong.
Niner has seen Gaftikar in the afternoon; he's been in a room and watched Etain and Darman stare at each other in silence. Niner knows what peace is and he's become willing to do damn near anything to get it. Now, as he lies on his back looking up at the bridge-extension, his head finally goes silent.
He smiles.