"I don't ..." For a start, I don't want to inadvertently say something that will lead to the tentacles coming out before Hiromu gets here, "I don't believe that Messiah could program you to care about Red Buster. Or to want to spare us from suffering. Those are concepts that Messiah couldn't conceive of. They come from you."

There's no sign of Hiromu. If he doesn't arrive in the next few minutes I'll call him.