"No, you're grunts who are willing to do nearly anything to climb in the ranks so long as it doesn't involve too much harm to yourselves." She subspaces the scanner and picks up a drinking tube, putting one end into the bucket and the other to the mouth of the shell that Five resides in and then remotely triggering the shell's drinking reflex. Five finds itself bathed in just enough pool water to give it a snack, so to speak.

As she works she activates a private com channel to Dallesh. //If you agree to obey me and behave yourself in a respectful and trustworthy manner I'll give you motor control... and perhaps some simple specs.//