Maybe it had been closer to an accusation than Tony had realized. Now, he studied the satellite, looking for his own fingerprints, beyond the regrettable ones he had pressed into the surface.

"But you're an Exo," he replied. Felspring had just told him as much, even if he didn't have that vestigial human part that the designation seemed to require. He hadn't exactly argued with the kid when Kaz had made that claim. "You're part of the system."