There was something off. The way he talked about losing limbs and people not coming back and still getting a paycheck, there was something not right. And it clicked that... it was just words. He was checking up on agents who weren't his, talking about ways to avoid going into the field but trying to give the impression that he didn't actually care. But if he didn't care, he wouldn't tell her how to potentially avoid being in the field.
She could tell bullshit when she smelt it.
"Sure, cause you're just here for a paycheck." Maybe handlers weren't meant to give a shit, maybe he was meant to pretend none of them mattered. "I guess I'll just keep working, be star pupil, gonna be able to come back. All in one piece too." She watched him closely, making sure to see his reactions, because Ruby could spot a tell, and she was curious what his was. Especially if he was in charge of her sister.
Planning. That was what they were meant to be good for, the handlers and these higher up folks with their power. "Lucky you, life to lead, rules to follow, people to stop imprisoning?" The SEA and whatever that might bring, these people should be charged with Crimes Against Humanity, but she doubted it would happen either way, because history had a track record of overlooking oppression.