[ he pauses. That pause is where a window of opportunity to address the elephant in the room feels like it was. But there it goes, because he let it. Well, shit. ]

Can’t you just... can’t you dig around in the mainframe or something? The technology can’t be that different if it can handle us, right?

[ Simon doesn’t labor under the delusion that Catherine always has answers. She just usually has answers. She’s his sole answer-provider when it comes to suddenly finding yourself a digital clone in a deserted human settlement, so his tone is a bit dismayed and incredulous. ]