"You must be pretty good to read people that easy." He doesn't know she means telepathic, but he's known a few people who ranked high on the Esper scale. His friend, Gary Mitchell, was one of them, but that didn't end the best way.

"Yeah, I've only been here a little while, and it's some pretty awful stuff." A beat, as he starts working on one line of code after the other. "I wish it were that easy, but it's actually not even in the system. I have to input everything." But, hey, she's a nice kid, and he doesn't want her to think he doesn't want her around or something.

"But I could use a hand making sure nobody else sneaks up on me, if you want to help."