...Yes.

[She sips again.]

I suspect some of your comrades have been cornering that fact, as well. But. Yes. That is the Little Courtesy's aim.

Time was wasted and abused for many years by the powers. Then, London came to the sky and began to waste them. Before the Replacement, conserving the time we still had in reserves was not as pressing an issue.

That, unfortunately, is no longer the case.