"This is different," Gene says hotly, "I can't just disappear for days, I need to be on site, I need to show my face, this is crucial to building good relations with the kedan and--"

Gene's raising his voice, and he can feel himself getting angry, which is surprising - frustration is normal in a situation like this, but anger...! He stops, taking a deep breath. His head is swimming, and his emotions are apparently either 'on' or 'off' right now, with no controlled gradient.

"Please don't ban me from the site," he says when he trusts himself to speak again, his tone subdued.