Not wanting to see people, whether you have a social connection to them or not, tortured isn't a behavioral alteration.

[And I don't know you at all, he thinks irritably.

He leans down and uses his... watch? to unlock his bottom drawer and pulls out an enormously thick file, which he drops meaningfully on the desk between them. It's all gleaned from the network, consolidated and condensed. It's... a lot.]

All right. Let's pretend that we have found an angle that hasn't been tried.

We overthrow the existing government. What are we replacing it with? What are we going to do about the natives who liked the way things run? What do we do about the gangs who are going to exploit it? Where and how do we secure supplies for the population - we don't know where food comes from or is grown.

Can we figure out how to get people home instead? If we can what do we do about the people that sending home would be a death sentence for?

[...Tim should be getting this, not a kid he just met. Or maybe Clark. Because he's not mad at Damian -- he's just angry at every single aspect of being here and himself.]

I'm not being complacent. I'm trying to find a solution that isn't burning the whole thing to the ground, with everyone still trapped inside. If I find one, you will be among the first to know. If you find one, I will happily sign on to help.

Until then, all I have is trying to shield as many people as I can from as much of this shit as I can.