She stopped, hands up and palms open. "I'm not here to hurt you, I wanted to help." But clearly he was in no mood nor state of mind to be helped, so she just stayed back.

"I don't know about any control chips, you are saying there is something like that in you?" That made no sense, what would be the point? Having an effective fighting force you had to control from elsewhere was more work than benefit. Not only that but t was a troubling notion if someone sought to have an army that could indeed be centrally controlled.

"I give you my word, I know nothing about any control chips."