Genea's maybe looking not entirely happy.

"My friend is making the pretty fair point that even if from what you've said I'm pretty sure you're not going to go around whatever towns you can get to telling the Helas about us, it's maybe prudent and all to get a bit more before trust and all that.

So, you by any chance mind if I do a bit of a check on you? It's magic, it's a mind thing, I won't be able to get any secrets or anything like that. Just - get a feel for things, ask questions with a bit more certainty to it. If I can; I've never tried it on androids before."

"That should be fine."

She looks at the other one.

She doesn't exactly seem happy, but she doesn't say anything.

Well, 'they have a friend right there to vouch for them' is not the time to go doing mind things to people who look that way about it, or to try pushing on them.

"K, just you then." (to the one who'd said he was 9S).

She focuses.

Everything goes all slow and clear, the way it does when he's hacking something. Except there's obviously nothing to interface with here.

"Woah."

"What are your current intentions in our world?"

"To help the humans that need it and try to make it so you don't have to hurt each other any longer."

(...wow)

"What are your current intentions toward me and my companion?"

"To protect you and get more information about this place from you."

"If you told anyone local about us and our plans, you could make things much harder for us, and probably get some mages hurt. Are you likely to do that?"

"No."

"Under what circumstances do you think you would attempt to harm us?"

"If you've significantly mislead us about the nature of the problems of this world or your position with respect to ending them such that you're more the source."

"Under what circumstances do you think you would attempt to harm someone else in our world?"

"Wouldn't without a good reason, like last resort protecting ourselves or to save a significant number of other people."

"Can we trust your companion?"

"Yes."

She looks at Genea without breaking her hold on him.

Nod.

She lets him go.

"Thank you. You're, ah, very impressive. Your companion doesn't need to worry, I'm not going to do it to her unless something changes and I really need to.

We greatly appreciate your willingness to help.

And seriously, impressive."

(...it feels like she should be able to do better than that but her mind seems to be pretty failing to provide anything for her. Which, well, might happen in very unaccustomed situations! But still. Maybe they can - show them with actions, or. Something.)

"Uh, thanks, I guess?"

"Well I mean if what you've said is true which it should be you're the nicest person I've ever met? Best person? So now I feel kind of bad except obviously I couldn't have known that without doing it so?

Uh, sorry," she adds to Genea.

"I'm not going to be offended." Obviously people who won't stand by during torture for years are better people than me.

Too good for his own good.