[Not because she's said something wrong. Not because he's having a hard time following.]
[If he speaks now, he is going to shout. He is going to lose his temper -- his control over his anger. Which would be entirely counter-productive to this whole thing.]
[Children, innocents... should not be harmed. It goes against his most basic programming. One of the largest reasons he had defected to begin with.]
[voice]
[Silence.]
[Not because she's said something wrong. Not because he's having a hard time following.]
[If he speaks now, he is going to shout. He is going to lose his temper -- his control over his anger. Which would be entirely counter-productive to this whole thing.]
[Children, innocents... should not be harmed. It goes against his most basic programming. One of the largest reasons he had defected to begin with.]
Still here, kid.
Listening.
[His voice is tight, heavily controlled.]