[ Krouse could go for a smoke. If not for the baby, he'd give into the impulse, but even if she's not flesh and blood he still doubts it'd be appreciated. Peter might get docked some kind of parenting points for exposing his ward to carcinogens.

He taps the fingers of one hand restlessly across his knee instead, turning his eyes up towards the sky. ]

Trying, or adapting. It's a question mark, sure, but we know this one is more experienced, and look where they've ended up here. More security measures built in, more rules for the residents.

So if we assume they're built to be adapt to what we do, maybe it would be a good idea to make some good faith gestures. I'm not saying roll over for everything, but be choosy about where we push.

Although fuck if I know how they ended up with this scenario, if that's the case.