Hmm... Honest to a fault, I see. Explains a little about Rinzler, assuming programs take after their user.

[The Maverick was the wrong person to talk about when it came to infinite resources courtesy of sketchy figures. Albert's position as one of the Sage Trinity cemented infinite funds for his little side project and key experiments. Legion was never wanted for money, resources of data after all... Why would they? The people had signed away their privacy centuries ago and the surveillance nature of the government was an open secret. People would do anything for peace.

Useless trash.

But he hears Alan's explanation and laughs, giving away none of the bitterness]

All right then. [he leans back, then suddenly waves a clerk over and hands over his card as he points to the computer Alan was looking at] I'll take this one.

... [the expression he wore when he spoke with the clerk was natural, friendly and casual. But when his attention shifts back to the programmer, that predatory edge returns] Well, I don't mind wreaking a bit of havoc. If you don't want to cause any trouble though, you really ought to stop looking like you're guilty of something.

Relax, Alan. That's the entire point of this exercise.