Starfleet's involvement is less a secret than he might think, since Khan himself was quite vocal about blaming them for his treatment. The two bots can draw some immediate conclusions about the faction Jim describes, although both more-or-less just think it's clear enough not to be worth commenting on. They listen closely, Blaze nodding now and then.

"Doesn't surprise me," she says to his last remark. She doesn't sound sorry to hear the man's dead, either. She's no cunning reader of hearts, but it's clearly hard for the captain to talk about what happened, in a way that goes far beyond concern for clearance levels. It's not too hard to extrapolate the kind of damage Khan would do on his way out, if he started with access to a weapons lab.

"Thank you for telling us all this," she says, voice a little gentler. "It's more than just intel, you know. To me anyway. Puts things in context."