There's no way around it; he's currently beyond his own control, his life in someone else's grip, leaving no room for choice.
If it's exposed that he's an old network lifeform, the Internet Supervisor would probably be at Brunan's door with a bounty on him the next day.
Only after leaving the power station and returning to the company did Lucy ask,
"How was your field trip?"
"What else could it be? A tangled mess."
Brunan sat honestly on the bench; he hadn't expected the other party to actually prepare a semi-modified body for him to use.
The feeling of treading the earth and observing the world again filled him with both joy and fear.
He felt no self-awareness in this body, and it suited him perfectly. Either the previous occupant was dead before he took over, or it was an empty-brained clone.
Regardless, this Horizon Corporation was far more terrifying than he had initially imagined.
