"Nooope." The 'p' pops a little and he rolls his eyes to the ceiling. "It's always been set up that people who aren't a part of the project would be kept on the first layer, and people that were added would move to layer two. We should have realized back then that the layers were maybe more tangible than we thought."

Aslan, who doesn't care for these talks, woofs in agreement to Togusa's deal before busying himself with the jerky and politely taking it from Togusa's hand. Zee can't help but chuckle a little.

"I never really got a choice about supporting the project or not, but the rest is about right. Their methods have been messed up since I remember being just like you guys instead of an employee. But being here meant access to more data and information." He frowns again. "I'm still missing key pieces of who I am, and if I work here long enough maybe I'll remember. And maybe I'll learn how to help balance you guys and let you actually make a choice. It's…even if everything's messed up about how it's happening, they thought they were doing something good by saving you. I can't fault them for that. Can you?"