595 immediately opened a private channel with Freyr upon Marae mentioning scans. [i]”Absurd overreach. Tell them we can scan our own people. Tell them.”[/i] Freyr glanced at the Agent, who was staring oppressively at her. She was doing exactly what Roth’Orsa had said she would. She didn’t see any way to reasonably maneuver 595 through a Rothian scan though. The Barb did have facilities more than capable of comprehensively monitoring neurological function in Humans. 

Freyr tried to be diplomatic. “I agree. We can keep very close tabs on our group from here. The Barbarossa boasts one of the best medical suites Outremer has to offer, after all.” She shot a look at 595 after that. [i]”We do need to keep you under observation. Just to make sure there’s no damage.”[/i] Freyr blocked her out again to answer Marae’s other concern.

“We can just terraform the ground underneath where the lab will go. This allows us to detect any changes to geography and prevent the sim from, say, swallowing us up in a chasm.” Freyr spoke in a calm and matter of fact manner, like she had hundreds of times before when explaining the Cradle to the uninitiated. “It’s perfectly harmless.”