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Jacobi has been staring at Maxwell, for once in his life, silently, as she explains her plans. They shouldn't be talking about this. They shouldn't even be thinking about it. But Maxwell never has been one to look to rules for guidance, had she? And in her defence, Kepler had been falling behind. A stray bullet, a trip, a few too many friendly gestures. He'd been getting sloppy and, worse than that, he was getting too attached to the two of them. What else were they supposed to do? Let him drag them down with him? Hell no.
"... Alana. You know this is insane. It'll never work, if we're unlucky he's probably already listening to this conversation. What the hell are you thinking?"
Maxwell shakes her head, holding up a phone with some data that makes no damn sense to him but more than enough to her. "I checked the room and us. There's nothing. Calm down, Daniel, it's just a bomb. Isn't that your whole thing? You make very big things blow up, right? Well right now, we have a very big building scheduled to blow up and he is a very big danger to us. What's the problem?"
She has been... far too calm about this for his liking. But he's been far too hesitant for hers. He knows that, and yet he continues, "the problem is, he's our /director/. Heads will roll, and I don't want to be on the chopping block. Why don't you just report him?"
"If I report him then they're question us as well. I can do this with or without you, don't make me leave you behind in this. We can come up with some excuse at work. It would be a shame if he were to... oh, I don't know, command you to detonate early and just miscalculate his exit?" She's grinning. Of course. She knows she's right, she's gone over why this is necessary five times now. Every time, he's failed to bring up a real argument.
He stares at her for a bit too long, figuring it out, trying to figure /her/ out. He knew he couldn't, but it was worth a try. Then a slow nod, accepting her proposition. "Fine. But we do this properly, no risks, got it?"
"I wouldn't have it any other way."