[No skin off his nose that she doesn't apologize. He doesn't need it, and she always did that too much, anyway. He shakes his head.] Hell if I even know. Just getting people inside would protect them from mine, but there's collateral damage to worry about when we're talking about what the aliens would do.

Yeah. Miles. "Subjugation of the Heavens", apparently. Controlling all atmospheric water in that range.