[At Ivan's inquiring look, Pao-Lin glances down at the briefcase full of corporate secrets with a furrowed brow, rearranging the contents to fit as she ponders their next move. It would be easier to just kill the rest of the people in the room and be done with it. If Pao-Lin had been alone, she would have moved onto that without hesitation. But she suspects that the killing still bothers Ivan after all this time. And if she has to be honest, maybe she's a little tired of it too. Not tired enough to abandon it as an option on the field, though, and certainly not enough for her to back down from it if it was required to protect Ivan. The other thing to consider is that Ouroboros could use another addition to the ranks, considering they just lost a couple of agents last week. Unlike some of the poor folks down at the Hero Academy, Castillo's power is moderately useful. Plus there's the fact that she's apparently allied with a different pro-NEXT organization. That's information Ouroboros could use as well.

With a sharp clack, Pao-Lin snaps the briefcase shut. She swings it off the desk with one hand and speedwalks over to Castillo, who ever so slightly edges away from her. Her voice is disturbingly, casually cheery as she asks:]

So, you wanna live or you wanna die?

[Castillo stares at her, bewildered. She clearly hadn't been expecting to have a choice in the matter. "Wh-what -- ?"]

It's like I said earlier: you should come join us. You have a really useful power. But we can't just let you go now that you've seen us.