Nobody will hold it against him for using cynicism as armor. Root herself has wielded it since she was a child, knows how tough a weapon it can be. And how tough it can be to let it go.

"Good to know." She's not sure how much more of the wide-eyed surprise she can take. People really do hear super-computer and expect it to play nice. Idiots.

"Interested in making some easy credits, Ronan?" She makes the question sound more like an inappropriate proposition than a request for innocent participation in some light cheating. His name, even, sounds like a curse word she's not supposed to say.