Remi stiffens and looks mutely at Sasha in appeal. After a hostile pause, he says, "Certainly I could," he says. "But I would not pursue this line of inquiry further unless I were absolutely assured that it would be used, say, to undo the effects of such a calendar, or attack it. Such research could be all too easily abused."

[Remi's offense seems genuine; there is no sign that he is lying, and he doesn't seem to be a particularly good liar, either.]