It boggled him how much Lash was missing the point. It was almost as if she was purposefully missing the point. "Obviously not. Don't tell me you've forgotten how to manipulate. You're smarter than to ask him outright. Ask about your parents. Invent an excuse for him to take you to where they keep the records, distract him, and we get what you need. Rachel, Nell and Hachi trust him. He trusts us. We can use that." Easier said than done, of course. But certainly a more favorable course of action in his mind.

"And if our robot is intercepted they will have access to that technology. But fine. If you want to build the robot, build the robot." He said, unable to mask the petulance in his voice. At this point it just seemed like she was making excuses to not involve other people and that was...disappointing. The Lash of two years ago would not have hesitated. "If it fails, or if Orange Star gets their hands on it, we do it my way."