"We worked well together. With his newfound power, it would be easy to return to the way things were before."

Whether that's all he meant to do once that was achieved? Who knew. But the alien AI had been quite specific. Felix needed him. It was the reason for the nudges, the lies, the manipulation.

Sad thing was beyond that? It really hadn't been so bad. Not all of the time.

"...We were partners." And there's as little inflection in his tone there as he can manage.