She listens to what Charles has to say and recategorizes him from 'harmless' to 'smart', but she approves anyway. It makes sense and Stockholm syndrome definitely comes to mind.

"I think compliant resistance sometimes forgets about the resistance part. Maybe I'm judging too harshly, but even if people here started out that way, it seems like they've gotten too caught up in pretending to accept their fate." She's met a few second and third generation citizens through work, and they all seem so complacent.

His comment about doing some good gives Steph a mental image of tracking down those militia agents and breaking their legs. It's a nice little fantasy. "Doing some good is always on my agenda."