"I doubt it too, but you never know," Yamato says, cracking another grin. "But no, I think we got along just fine. And if you and I bring in Camera Commander, he'll probably like me even more."

He gives the console a glance, tracking how the program's compiling. It's over halfway done, but it's still a slow process.

"Which is going to be more difficult than it seems. Even with the recalibrated satellite, we'll need them to use their powers, and keep using them," he says. "It's a unifier-and-canary problem."