Nero raised an eyebrow at her curse, only further embarassing the girl. "What you are doing here, officially, is being educated outside of society so that you might be taught to be integrated once more. It's also a tactic to try and get you to work with the government and become... weaponized." he said softly. "But I think you know that isn't the entire story... But I need to know that I can trust you." He said, taking a pencil and tracing over some of the lines on the huge, complex diagram. "I can't ignore the possibility that you might have been sent here because the administration may suspect me." he said, giving her an intense glance before muttering some.<br/><br/>"Two hundred and eighty five micrograms... half-life of... hm." He considered. "No, that won't work out." He set the pencil aside. "Unfortunately, I don't have the power to know if you are telling me the truth. And..." He quickly consulted the downloaded version of the student profiles he had in his head. "Yours is self-duplication. An interesting power... Could be useful..." It occurred to him suddenly that he had said "I don't have the power..." Such a phrase could be understood as "I have powers, just not that one." Damn. He needed to be more careful.