"We are NOT tracking Sophie. We will not be that kind of paranoid parent and we are not invading her privacy or trying to make her paranoid with us. But yes, we ARE going to start a list of questions and I want answers to them all, nothing fishy, nothing too open ended. We've gotten complacent, Hermann. We've worked for guys that want the best out of us and that want the best for us...or for the greater good, anyway, because I'm not saying Pentecost had MY best interests in mind when he sent me to meet with Chau or ordered me to Drift again with the Kaiju, but anyway. Qubit is a good guy, dude. For all his faults, I don't know. I honestly think he was a bit messed up and Joaquin was a bit messed up, but they're both good guys. Good guys make selfish choices and their friends get hurt, but the intent... My point is... I'm losing my point. My point is, I have always valued you to set me right, Hermann, when I get a little off...and I trust you. And you generally trust leadership. But I don't know that I trust these guys or trust their yet undisclosed, untested methods...not just for the safety or legality, but whether they can get valid results...no, that's still not quite what I want to say."

He fumbled his words and took Hermann's hand, looking up at him earnestly.

"Take it from a guy who tried REALLY hard to be bad and cool: be careful what crowd you join, because peer pressure is real and I don't want you to be led astray because you get in with the wrong crowd. I mean, I'll be with you the whole way, but don't...ah. I don't know."