"I'd argue that being forcibly yanked into a different part of the space-time continuum is," air quotes, "'awkward at first' regardless of whether the people doing the yanking make modifications to your body without your permission. I should know, I've been through it enough times. I mean, I can't be the only one bothered by the ethics of this whole situation, can I?" he asks, scooping a book of the table without looking at it. He was aiming for a dog-eared copy of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics to brandish at the mech, but ends up with The Prince instead.

"Okay, definitely the wrong book to illustrate my point, but I still think this whole situation is fishy."