"If you find something important, I'll be strictly non-lethal, if any damage at all.  I'm<em>hoping</em>we can find something that can turn him to<em>our</em>side and let us lure the 'leader' into a trap." she said as she was pulling the steaks off the indoor grill "I'd ask you to do the same with the mage for the same reason, but I understand if you're not comfortable with that.  Something tells me if you've been beating the hacker's arse like you claim, he'll leave on the drop of a hat... or following the stead of an ally doing the same."<br/><br/>She went about putting the rest of the meal together, and made one last comment on the matter.<br/><br/>"We do this, and you'll be home free... like I said, I talked to some friends at Ares, and they've agreed to help us by negotiating a contract to acquire you from MCT." she said, then quickly followed up with a more detailed explanation "Thing is, they're not putting you in a lab, or anything of the sort; you'll just become a 'citizen' of Ares, free to do whatever you wish as if you were a UCAS citizen or whatever else.  Essentially, you're home free... and I know what you're thinking and no that's not the end of things: I agreed if they do that, I negotiate a contract with them as well to become a consultant for Ares, Knight Errant... wherever I'll be most useful.  They know me, they know how<em>useful</em>I am, and they'll give me most anything I want to have me on their payroll.  Meaning you get your freedom, I get a nice<em>well paying</em>cushy job with Ares, and they'll even help me re-acquire my Ph.D!  Tell me, is there<em>anything</em>more that you could've asked for?"