Shaking his head just a little, looking into his cold coffee, he says, "Have to explain. Over and over. To angry people. Even you." Especially you, Steve. If Steve had heard the Admiral say "the Asset" over the network, he'd have seen red, and the Asset knows it.

One shoulder hitches, the flesh one. "One freakout a month instead of one every time someone got upset about it. Easy math." Taura had said he shouldn't have to manage everyone's reactions, which is an interesting way to put it, given he's been managing reactions from handlers and techs for forever. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't, but the thought of having to do it for everyone on the goddamn Barge sounds so exhausting.