"Heh. I get it. Hell, I bet Exos like me were a military secret once. Context changes, though. The old rules couldn't hold up against dark magic and catastrophe. And in a place like this, ignorance isn't going to protect any of us. Your people or mine." Blaze's easygoing tone has faded by that last. "Politics mean nothing here, and I'm not asking how to make another Khan. Genetic enhancement's never been our style anyhow. But I want to know where he came from, captain."

"Besides, he was flying around the Nexus vomiting plasma at people," Ghost points out. "It's kind of... late to try and hide him."