"Don't worry, Miss Davis." he said. "I am pretty sure that whatever Neo has in mind in order to successfully execute the upcoming reconnaissance operation would probably be safe for the two of you. That said, I suggest that you do not put full trust of your safety into my words, more so into him."<br/><br/>Rattus then opened his briefcase and took out his laptop computer. He turned the device on, and waited for it to boot while saying "And about matters concerning putting trust on Neo in general, I have to numerous recommendations and advices to tell you." After the device has booted, he then opened a spreadsheet file and began inputting numbers into it, but went on with explaining. "As I said earlier, Neo's sense of morality is not, in anyway, orthodox or even helpful. You see, he openly admitted to us, his two companions, that he basically used to be a serial murderer and, until today, he still has a taste for unjustifiable homicide, so much that it can be considered a severe case of psychopathy."<br/><br/>"And, in regards to his other criminal records," he kept talking while inputting more numbers in the laptop. "It would not be surprising to hear that he had admitted to committing war rape in the aftermath of the Battle of Okinawa during the Pacific campaign of the United States in the Second Great War. He claimed to have victimized three or four Japanese women over the course of a week after they have effectively occupied the whole island. His justification for it basically amounted to treating the women in the village nearby their base as some sort of a prize for their successful battle against the Japanese forces station there in Okinawa. And, to aggravate the whole situation, he stayed in mainland Japan for two more years after the war ended. His anecdotes of his time as a soldier during the Pacific campaign end there, so there is no telling of what more did he do during his stay there after the surrender of Japan."<br/><br/>"Now," He then stopped typing and looked directly at Lexi. "There might be a question of why I keep such a despicable man in the Order as a core member. And, as such, there are two reasons for this. First, aside from immortality or indefinite youth, he is much needed and valued for his alchemy and expertise in magic, and also for his ability to ignore remorse and moral standards in regards of the assignments given to him. And second, it would be hypocritical for me to not employ him, seeing that I, myself, am also a war criminal to a magnanimous degree, maybe even more so than him."<br/><br/>Rattus then tipped back his glasses and went back to typing numbers. "And if there was ever a third reason necessary for him to be employed by me, it is because we have to. What I mean with that is I'm aware that Neo is like a great wild beast that damages everyone else if set free in the wild, so I have appropriated it for myself that I tame him in order to use his capacity for damage into a more controlled circumstance. And, given that I am also a fugitive, I have no excuse not to do that."