"Of course, of course. I understand that," he replied, some of that... fannish fondness returning for a brief moment. "But this is a commitment you can't really afford to avoid, isn't it? You're always going to be a Numbered, and you can't pretend you aren't forever..."

He smiled. It was a put upon, "why won't you do this for me", sort of smile. "If you're worried about repercussions towards your career, Thunder Corp could smooth absolutely all of that over. You'd be able to reveal yourself without fear of any scrutiny or discrimination from studios... in fact, we believe we'd be able to find you even more opportunity...!"