That is not a good tone of voice. It reminds her, subtly, of Pentecost's implicit threats in the face of opposition. She feels herself diverting sharply into two pathways.

Like she can do anything about it, scoffs Raleigh.

It is not obedience, she argues.

"I mean it as an observation," says Mako in as neutral a tone as she can possibly employ for someone wrestling with her own cognitive dissonance. "Even if we had the technology, we never advanced that far."