Where was the cut-off between child and not-child and adult? How did you even--"*Oh*, the minor growth rate peak, right? Odd, how most of you let them out before they're done. Can't be efficient when they need new parts." Yes, yes, he knew Grineer did things different, but still. They did things right.

But all that grousing about maturation plans was forgotten soon enough. "No surprise, all the suspicious paperwork and pointless distraction, wouldn't be shocked if they're engineering this so-called plague too." Didn't believe that story for a second, not at all.

"Went for it anyway, better than that corroding bucket." Also he'd been awake for three days at that point, and that was usually when he got a little more impulsive. "Anything with a better lab and higher ceilings, that was all I wanted. But this?" Hunting people with blue skin or something, sounded more like Rathuum fare for an audience to cheer over than a proper experiment on kidnapped subjects.

And the chips, that would make things complicated. "Chips are set high up, dangerously high. Could make a bypass, bridge around it and cut it out. But installing new, untested augments in that region... even I'd call that risky."