There are none that you know of. If anything can bring a shadow government or a political conspiracy out of the woodwork, it's a threat to their power. What did you just give them? An excuse to see you as a threat, to have you eliminated or disgraced. And right now, you have nothing to counter those potential attacks. You're a sitting duck.

[Part of his vehemence is born from anger, from disappointment. But a much greater part is born from worry, from the memory of the look in Flit Asuno's eyes after Grodek Ainoa had been found dead.]