Glendalough Orbital - Conference room

[Yaoquizque]

Junko raised an eyebrow when she witnessed Rush lose shortly his composure, seemingly overwhelmed with conflicting emotions. She gazed at O'Brian, as to ask him what was the reason of such an odd behavior.
But since O'Brian remained silent, she shifted her attention back to Rush, who was now seemingly answering her questions sincerely, albeit painfully.

Rush was now striking her as somebody unstable, struggling to focus on the present. But after all, some scientists tended to be lost in their world...
At least it appeared his motives, as nebulous as they may be, were not related with altruism.
Now she was considering it, that behavior was quite odd... Why did this simple question about his relatives made the scientist feel that cornered? Perhaps some familial tragedy. Junko decided to not dig further.

She did not interrupt Rush, letting him regain some composure by chaining several inquiries. Lying down, she reflected shortly before answering :
"Rush-san, please accept my apologies if my words hurt you. It was clearly not my intent. Regarding your questions, and as I said earlier, I haven't decided yet what I should do with that material. I'm not planning to sell it, however. That is why I did not accept the offer given by that Auxesia A.I in Omega 3 system, as O'Brian-san knows. I have no contact with my government right now, and thus could not have informed them of this discovery."

The woman sat up straight in her seat, lowering her head slowly as she was staring at Rush.
"That said, Rush-san, I cannot say at this very moment I trust you and O'Brian-san enough to give you this material. It takes times for trust to be built in a relationship, as you know. Besides, you give me the impression you are quite self-centered and rather... Unstable. I'm sure you have your reasons but I can't say this reassures me."

She then looked down, as if she felt, oddly, somewhat embarrassed.
"I won't hand to you that material as it stands... But I can propose you to begin a partnership. Perhaps we could get to know each other better by working together. And then, when trust will exist between us, the situation will be different."

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