[It's defensive, almost childishly so, but Ari isn't going to push at it. It seems to her that a lack of attention wounds his pride - but she has no reason either to try to harm him or to talk him round from it. It's not her responsibility.

That next remark gives her pause, though. What if he has? For all she knows, everything he has said to her so far has been a lie. Ari sighs. She's tired, and the worst part is that she's completely alone here. Savitskaya would know how to deal with this. Her captain would. Ari? She's trying to figure it out as she goes along.]

Maybe you have. It'd be an unsound decision, because I'll find out, and I'm much better as an ally than an enemy, but I don't know you. Maybe you don't make optimal decisions.