I've made a career out of lying to myself, Charis. I don't see a reason to stop now. [He's not an idiot, to spite what appearances would suggest most of the time.

He follows her motions around at the place with his eyes before looking back to her, rolling his shoulders in a shrug.]

It's not organized enough to be an active research facility. It might be old and malfunctioning, but I got no idea how we got here.