"This isn't the first war I've been caught up in. Gems have been colonizing planets and going to war for longer than your species has existed." And Gems have had over 5,000 years that she spent trapped in a mirror to hone that technology. Lapis might not be part of Homeworld anymore, but she's hardly a Crystal Gem either.

"You want that planet under your finger? Turn me back into the Lapis Lazuli I am. That planet is mostly water, isn't it? You want the Barrayarans subdued? I could do it easy if I didn't have your unfortunately basic DNA."