[... Oh. Okay, good; not a rogue bot, then. The guy lets out a breath.]
Alfie told us to stand by and not get ourselves killed jumping into the thick of it.
[He says defensively, as if he's expecting the bot to berate him for not doing enough. He bends, going through the pockets of one of the guards - looking for a key, but not expecting to find one. There's only one key to this room that he knows of, and it's the one McNair used to lock them in.]
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Alfie told us to stand by and not get ourselves killed jumping into the thick of it.
[He says defensively, as if he's expecting the bot to berate him for not doing enough. He bends, going through the pockets of one of the guards - looking for a key, but not expecting to find one. There's only one key to this room that he knows of, and it's the one McNair used to lock them in.]