"That's not cooperation," Cecilia replied, her tone bored. "You're trying to bargain, and no one here can trust your word. Cooperation would be making a continued effort at following instruction and being respectful, a prolonged effort of good behavior to show those around you that you're trying; not just behaving temporarily and demanding payment for it. It was the same thing in the bunker town. Soon as it was clear you weren't getting your way you reverted back into being... you." Her expression matched her tone, though the side of her mouth did quirk briefly into a smile when she saw Owen. Even if he'd sent her a message on the network, seeing him in the flesh helped settle any lingering nerves at being separated.
"Fine," she answered. "Oliver and Ishaan are cleaning out some housekeeping room for us to keep him in," she said, nodding her head at Simms.