[In all honesty... and Havoc was honest to herself always, rendered unable to see the sense in doing otherwise as long as her mind was attuned to the rationality o a Contractor... It is not a very helpful answer in and of itself. She could guess for herself that it might be best to assume the worst, make the decision to choose caution over risk, work with another to be safe.

But in another way... in what he doesn't say... the answer is somewhat interesting. In the instance between replies, her mind races through the other conversations she's had in this communion, in the citadel... and she is missing something.

Something has to have happened, before she arrived, that made so many people who theoretically would be motivated to share as much as possible with her, to be cagey and vague with certain details, certain proprietary information. But all she does for now...

Is nod.]

Mmm... I do stand out when I use them...

[The radiated glow, she means. So of course, she will take his advice about working with others.]

If we don't have time now... I'll try to find time after. To familiarize myself.

[Perhaps there was some unspoken test, some need to show loyalty before people would be more forthcoming. And if so-]

But if that attack people are talking about does happen... and you do think of somewhere I should be...

[She attempts to strike the balance between "eager to be of service" and "reasonably reluctant to commit mass murder". It's a bit difficult... but her more recent emotion-laden experiences as a Regressor add a certain amount of believability.]

Please let me know.