[ Because if there's one way to get engineering and physics phds talking about something for a long time, uninterrupted, it's to ask them to explain their thesis. : ) And Rey has discovered this and really doesn't want to delve into the Plutt stuff.

Anyway. It works, so she offers semi-verbal affirmations in the form of noises in the back of her throat as she makes sense of parts while she's plugging away at overriding the RFID mechanism. It's not that elaborate. Most people aren't worried about the security in this building, go figure. Most people wouldn't break in. Most people. ]

That makes sense. You'd need to merge it with a predictive AI then, right? [ She plugs away at cords. ] You must be spending a lot of time in the computer sciences department.