A laugh. That's true, is it not? The population would be, compared to something refined by the bolting ecstasy of combat. But assessing threats takes precedence. Plural. Multiple threats, even if the population is weak.

What does that imply about him, indeed?

"Perhaps you're getting paranoid." A familiar sentiment, bordering on mocking. The chatter of voices hums closer. What should they care about a shadowed exchange between something recognizable, potentially, as a Program, and something that appears to be nothing more than a human child?