Sabriel notices the flinch, "Sorry- he's from your world, isn't he?" She took another sip of her water.

"But we'd be 'controlling' ourselves. And given some of the reactions right after that mess with the Hornets happened... something like RISE was probably inevitable. But I admit, if it wasn't being staffed and run by imPorts, I'd be a lot more worried." Still, Touka was her friend... and she seems serious about this.

"Was there something like that in your world that went badly?"