Her optics narrow - and then flare in disbelief and anger. "What? As if you can just declare a sapient being's not a person when it suits you?" Her fists are closed again. "We need to go get them back."

At least there's no faulting Jesse's goals. "Good! People underestimate hope too often. And if a cure's what you're after, we could do some asking around. I don't know about bionics, but the Warlocks are always playing around with death and resurrection. Maybe they'll have some ideas."