@reversescale - continuing from heeere
He had a feeling this was going to come up eventually.
“... You ask hard questions, Dan Heng.” Correct questions. Right questions. Honestly, it wasn’t like the thought hadn’t entered Welt’s head a few hundred times. The sound that escaped him wasn’t supposed to be so unsure, so nervous, but given everything that had happened so far it was probably reasonable. What brief bits and pieces he had shared were simply that, brief.
If the crew had the full story, well... they’d probably be burning more than just energy from trailblazing missions to go on the quickest manhunt known to the universe.
“They were created with a singular purpose preinstalled, and if they can’t fulfill that purpose in this universe then well... I can imagine they’ve realized I was right about them.” The bitter irony had him huff out a dry chuckle, shaking his head. “Plus, as much as I hate to admit it, they need me for their plan. As smart and cunning as they are, they’re still limited in what they can access without a host for the information. Without me, they're nothing more than a headache for whoever they've become the problem of.”