About to make a wry comment in return, Sato can't help but notice the change as they progress down the hallway, the pattern on the walls starting to give way to the raised baffles of soundproofing. He's seen those panels before, inside a certain research facility.

"That's a bit disconcerting, isn't it," he says mildly. But if whoever runs the show here thinks that will generate more than the faintest hint of displeasure, well, they'd be mistaken. "With the way it pulls things from our minds, I wonder how much of this place is yours?"