[ Rhys's ego is as easy to dent as it is to inflate, and he's back to smiling again at her calling his tech amazing. Because he knows it is! Even moreso than if he'd gotten to make it in a proper lab, in some ways. He had little to work with resource-wise on Pandora compared to the R&D department at Helios and he still made all his shit work! He is a genius. ]

You're one of those people from somewhere low-tech huh?

[ Carol had been like that, Tess too to a lesser extent but she was still a luddite far as he was concerned. ]

Mostly to make my life and my job more convenient, it gave me a good edge against my peers if I could do stuff like get all the registered info on any item or person with a quick scan.