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First name I thought of. [The reply is accompanied with a shrug. Carolina is hardly the first to question the choice in name, but on some level, Tex finds the thought of Omega as dog that has to follow her commands amusing.]

Haven't needed to use his full capabilities yet, but he had my back during the riots. He has a basic AI in him and I've been training him to work with my troops.

Can't imagine why. [Is that sarcasm? It's a little too dry to be intended as an offensive barb, anyway.] Sounds useful. And expensive.

Does he pick up scents too?

Don't know, haven't tried and he didn't come with an instruction manual. [Just what Tony told her and what she's found out through trial and error.]

Why? Do you need him to?

No. Just asking.

I know where my quarry is. Roughly.

[ Said, as green eyes turn to fix of the Bifrons buildings adjacent to the hub, lips pursing in brief displeasure.

Getting to him is the problem.

[Her eyes follow where Carolina's gaze leads and Tex can make a few guesses as to who falls into the category of 'quarry.' Both the Director and Theta have gone missing recently.]

Who?

[ There's an unimpressed look. Quarry indicates prey. And Carolina hasn't had need to hunt poor Theta down; that'd be a different sort of search entirely. ]

The Callsign he was buddy-buddy with said he'd been given a new assignment by Bifrons. He's not 'gone home'. He's still in here.

Apparently she didn't have clearance to know the details. Just that it was further related to AI. [her voice turns quiet] And I think we both know that that trail never ends well.

Of course. [The words are accompanied with a snort. She's had her own fruitless conversations with Charlie.]

No, it doesn't and if he's still here... [Her own eyes are drawn to the city skyline towards the center. How impenetrable is Bifrons?]

She seemed a bit put out by that. Interrupted her work. Guess that goes to show how much Bifrons values loyalty.

[ You get what you pay for with that company.

Which begs the question: what offer did they make to her father? ]

When was the last time you saw him?

[There's a frown at that. She should have kept better tabs on him, should have known something was wrong long ago.

But she didn't and there's nothing she can do about that now.]

Too long. He had an apartment elsewhere, I assumed he'd been staying there more and more until everything of his was gone from the house.

Would you say the timing for that starting coincided with when the clones showed up?

Yeah, about then. [The answer comes carefully as she side-eyes Carolina. This train of thought is going nowhere good.] You think it has to do with...?

When they cloned my mother? [she wishes she didn't know better.]

Everyone has their price.

Why settle for a copy when you can have something closer to the original. [Her tone is flat. She gives the Director more credit than many of the other agents but when it comes to Allison? All bets are off.]

Are you planning to go after him?

[ She's very, very quiet at the question, something stormy crossing her expression. Before shaking her head. ]

No. Not right now.

I'm in no position to make my way in there, fight back against Bifrons. And I'm not going to risk any potential backlash to my friends.

But if he's studying AI further, telling the others what he's been offered to work on might go..badly. Especially given the timing of Theta's disappearance. [and the reactions after Christmas when he'd shown up.]

I'm the one that put my neck on the line to keep his ass from getting reamed by the others. I'm not going to go tell them what he's gotten himself into.

[Research she knew from the damn start would lead to him getting in over his head. She sighs. This is a damn mess.]

We're going to have to do something. There's too many others they could snatch up.

Right now, anything Bifrons may do will be under lock and key. They've the rest of the city breathing down their necks.

But we can't tell the others. Not right away.

...Who would you trust to tell within the PFA?

No one that would do anything. Our CO wanted the split, but I don't think she's looking to make waves with them unless it directly endangers civilians.

This would be too much of a hunch for her to act on it.

Any CO worth their salt will at least listen. They wouldn't have given you the position you have if they weren't prepared to at least do that.

[One would assume, anyway. ]

Particularly given the source. Unless the fact some details are credited to the one Callsign who's been particularly loyal to the old parent company are going to be a mark against it.

Beyond that, we can only watch and wait. [and she doesn't like that at all]

[She shakes her head.] Not sure I want her involved if she's going to label him a threat to get rid of. She has our files, she knows what he's done and she's grown fond of Church.

[Somehow and he took the brunt of the damage done in Project Freelancer.]

She'd listen, I'm just not sure it'll lead anywhere worthwhile.

Pity. But that doesn't surprise me.

Until we have more information, I think, for now, we'll have to keep our ears open, and keep this to ourselves. I don't want to cause unnecessary drama through the assumptions of others.

[particularly if those assumptions end up right]

I'll let you know if I hear anything if you do likewise. They can't keep everything locked up in their labs.

It's what they might let out that I'm worried about.

Anything else I would keep an ear to the ground about that you might not hear about in the PFA?

Besides what they may or may not be doing in terms of AI research? No. Nothing I can think of.

[Research she wishes she could get at. She glances back towards the Hub briefly with a small frown.]

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