True enough. [Maes sighs. He'd been comparing Keith to Roy in his head, but he knows Roy isn't the only one that tends to push buttons. He's just as guilty of it.] I know it might not mean much, since we've just met and all, but trust me when I say that I've paid dearly for that kind of limit pushing before. I just don't want to see someone repeat my mistakes.

Though I know telling you to 'be careful' is only going to get old and probably lead to you ignoring me anyway. [He smiles slightly, true he's toeing the line about revealing his past, but it's still not without recognizing that part of being young is also being stupid.]

Yeah, that's what the research is supposed to be for. If we do it right, we should be prepared with information that can help. I just didn't realize how much information we were talking about here. You'd think someone sending us on a mission to help would provide a little more information from the get-go.