He simply shrugged. "Maybe that would have been bad, but I think the current situation is even worse."<br/><br/>He paused for a couple seconds, letting himself look appropriately smug, and then grinned oh-so-widely at her. "Now I get to say I told you so."<br/><br/>He headed back to his hanger, and got to work on which ever project got his attention, in this case making more of the metal altering machine. He had no idea how many the US DoD would want, but he knew they would want at least a couple of them. And since he was already a government employee, he should get past most of the red tape.