[ he agrees, to an extent. but his head shakes all the same in an indicator that that hadn't been quite what he was trying to say, and he swallows a mouthful of tea before he clarifies: ]

I don't think it's enough to await an incident. We need to anticipate, that's the problem. It won't be popular to sweep a target off the map before it can be taken out, but I'm not willing to wait until someone's dead to say I told you so.

[ that came out slightly more blunt than he'd been trying for. moving swiftly on - ]

I also don't think it's right to damn someone on hearsay. So if we're not going to try and shut them away straight out of the pod and we're not ready to risk something happening before we act, I think— [ and this isn't a particularly comfortable idea either, but ] we're going to need to implement surveillance. Cut any incidents at the quick.