Maybe there's no reason for him to expect at least respect from somebody who's asking him for help, but also maybe he got used to Markus. But the days are gone when he had to stand there and silently put up with condescension - and even in those days, he wasn't good at that.

But for the moment, Connor just stares flatly at the young man before silently returning his attention to Hank.

At least one of them has an idea - what's Connor going to be able to suggest here, breaking into wherever the Head is, freeing an army of Iterations and bringing them to the city centre?

And it's galling to have watched androids peacefully convince humans they deserve their freedoms only to be told by (apparently) a human that if the positions were switched, not even the innocent could expect mercy. And he doesn't expect to feel quite so...heated about it, about all of this.

"I don't have a plan for you. I shouldn't have to convince you that it's worth trying to keep people safe," he finally says harshly. "But I can tell you that public opinion of you is more important than you think it is. They need to know what you want, they need to know that what the Head is doing is wrong because they might not realise that. They need a reason to sympathise with you, and if they don't have one you'll be the villains here."

And the public know what to do with a villain - and the Head will be more than happy to oblige if the Heart annoys it enough.