"Rete here, may I ask the purpose of your call?"

"Lucien's brain has decided to do its own take on whatever nonsense is going on with May."

Oh May's backlash is his fault, that makes sense.

(He is not going to say anything about this since the flowchart doesn't have an option for this at this time, which really seems like an oversight. It does have an option for if the flowchart has an oversight but it's to do nothing and return to the previous step.)

"If that's the case they should check if they're compatible." And Rete should alert the Protectorate, but it's not going to announce that to Tattletale.

Of course not, why would Rete need to announce this to Tattletale.

"How do we do that?"

"I can ask Transit to bring her back to Lucien's apartment when he's ready."

She is not going to hand over her people without any precautions.

"He's not there right now - can Transit be at 41st and Platt in 10 minutes?" 

"I don't think they should do this in public."

"There's a closed down electronics store at the intersection."

Tattletale, Rete is attempting to subliminally message you that it is really likely that May and Lucien will if compatible start making out right there and not want to stop and Transit will not want to further transport them.

That's a weird pause from an AI - oh.

"Lucien has a driver with him who can take them back to his place afterwards. Or they can meet at his place in 25 minutes instead of the intersection."

Lucien feels like putting May next to him is actually really dangerous given what h's done! But there is- oh yeah there actually is a relevant flowchart path he can go down.

"I believe I am at risk of being a danger to those around me because I believe I have hurt everyone by using my power recklessly and being myself."

"You are not going to hurt May while you are in this state."

"..."

"We can put you on a boat so you can't use your power in ways that could hurt anyone, if it makes you feel any better."

"I believe that won't work -" but, under the bit about leadership who don't know the regulations and are suggesting a mitigation "- but the regulations say I should defer to your authority on this."

"Yes, please do."

"Is pier 24 acceptable Rete?"

"Yes, Transit can bring May there."

Lucien's driver is there before the time for May's arrival comes, which is unfortunate because this means Lucien has time to think and while he isn't making any decisions about it he is aware that all the devastation around him is his fault and he could finish destroying the city within hours and move onto the rest of the world and everyone knows this and is surrounding him and trying to find him and he hasn't let himself be killed about this and that's wrong and he has to stop preventing them and he can't even do that right and the world is pressing in on him specifically and-

- the borders between dimensions and minds and material breaking down, as great bends tear through the fabric of reality driven by incomprehensible tendrils coming from more directions than should rightfully exist -

"- you okay sir?" Oh Lucien stopped paying attention but of course no one else stopped paying attention to him.

"I feel like I am extremely not okay but regulations dictate I not act on this."

"Of course sir."

Eventually there continues to be a normal amount of bugs moving normally throughout any visible part of the area.

Transit pops into place by the pier.