"I mean, we're also sort of lab rats, so it's like a giant ouroboros snake going around and around, eating us all up," he points out with a nod of his head, like he's compelled to share that if he's being cruel, it's only because someone is also being awful and cruel to them, as well. What goes around, comes around. Then around and around and around.

"I mean, we could try," he offers. "I'm not exactly fond of ditch digging. I did quite a bit of that back home for another extra-curricular project, I'd like to think I'm done with that for a lifetime." He wishes that she hadn't asked what she did next, because it means he gets to admit failure. "Unfortunately, my results are inconclusive."