Rren was trying to not get frustrated, but it wasn't entirely effective. "I don't need specifics or government secrets or whatever it is you cannot share, but something I can work with. What overall technology is like in your society. Is it more or less advanced than what the people here have? Even what programming languages you use. Any of that can help me determine what would be detrimental to share. And it may give me a baseline of what can help put your friend over the edge so they could circumvent being controlled."

They might have appreciated the offer to talk, but right now they were focused.