He shifted his footing, watching her carefully as she brought up recruiting him in an attempt to help EMMA save humanity from its own self-destructive cycle.

He somehow doubted he would even have the strength to keep going if he failed once...

"Nice for us..." he giggled, deflecting that thought just as quickly as it came even with the way his brows cinched. "Possibly a nightmare for them. Learned helplessness is a dedicated pattern across this entire place after all."

He looks up at the clock mounted on the wall. "Ah-! Look at the time- I lost complete track of it."