[All right, let's think about this. She came here for a reason. But she could have easily come here by herself, and she didn't. Now if I were Rei, why would I come here with somebody when I was planning to do something here?
...
Because I'm looking for an alibi!]
[He quickens his pace. Somebody who can keep track of where she is, while something else goes on somewhere else in the building...]
[The woman said that Metis had been working on a robotics project... maybe in the lab?]
[He hurries as fast as he can without making himself obvious.]
no subject
[He ducks out while the boy's back is turned.]
[All right, let's think about this. She came here for a reason. But she could have easily come here by herself, and she didn't. Now if I were Rei, why would I come here with somebody when I was planning to do something here?
...
Because I'm looking for an alibi!]
[He quickens his pace. Somebody who can keep track of where she is, while something else goes on somewhere else in the building...]
[The woman said that Metis had been working on a robotics project... maybe in the lab?]
[He hurries as fast as he can without making himself obvious.]