[Alan takes the news without further comment. He has little regard for the justice system onboard, but he understands the necessity of a trial. He’d staged an attack, just as Peter and Alice had. It’s only rational that people should think he deserves the same kind of treatment.

Nihlus’s fears about vigilante justice aren’t surprising either. Alan’s seen plenty of the vitriol aimed at him on the network. Certainly there are those who would find it fitting for someone who had himself acted outside ship authorization. Still, the idea of being confined for his own safety is a strange one. Not one he can object to, to be sure, but foreign all the same.]

I will. [He's not ready to face the rest of the crew anyways, not yet. He sighs and shakes his head.]

The things they're saying... I did try to edit Rinzler's code, but it was never about making him obedient. I was only trying to protect him. [A pause, and he looks away.]

Though given how things went, I suppose that doesn't matter.