There’s no response on Alan’s end of the call. Clu knows, and if Alan feels an instinctive dread curl in his chest at the thought, this isn’t the worst-case scenario he was expecting. Clu hasn’t just taken the disk and gone to find Rinzler. He’s coming to Alan for… what, exactly? Help? A hostage? Neither make sense, given the circumstances. There’s no reason why Clu would need help accessing the code once he had Rinzler’s disk, and if he needed a hostage, there’s no reason why he would alert Alan first. Certainly he doesn’t even need a hostage if it’s Rinzler he’s hoping to coerce -- the program’s not in any shape to put up a fight if Clu wanted to go reclaim him.

Whatever reason Clu has for including him in this, if it means the admin won’t be accessing Rinzler’s code alone, Alan’s not inclined to give him reason to rethink his plan.

“I’m in Moro 004.” Alan’s voice is still wary and terse, but given their previous interactions? It’s the closest thing to invitation Clu’s likely to get.