"Inside," Ocelot said thoughtfully. Yes, that was true. She hadn't thought of that. If it wasn't someone on the outside, then of course the retrieval unit had always struck her as rather suspicious. "Her promotion did occur around then, didn't it?" she said, tapping at her cheekbone in thought.

"I suppose the question is, if she is the mastermind, how certain are we that our goals align?" The idea of a retrieval unit being so different was something that she couldn't quite place, but she had seemed strangely aware during the check-ups.

It was also a fact that Ocelot herself couldn't do much nosing around. She already had a retrieval unit constantly following her around, trying to figuring out if there was anything suspicious with the normally mindless baby sitters. Was the one that had been with Zo unique, or were there others out there who had suddenly developed a consciousness?