"Well, the way these interfaces are supposed to work, there's not really anything CF can do to them outside of mistranslating. He COULD make some rather uncomfortale situations if he manages to tap in and translate something like "We come in peace" to "We want to eat your babies", but if we find out he's there, we can just deactivate the software and/or ignore it until he's dealt with. That's assuming he even realizes it's incorporated. If CF messing with our translation is the worst we have to worry about, I'll be VERY happy. On the other hand, having an actual speaker along just in case of a mistranslation or malfunction would also be advisable."
Optic nods a greeting to the new arrival, automatically commiting her facial features to memory and scanning her DNA for future identification.
"Anyways, finding the handler would be the first thing we have to worry about, and if we can do that quietly there's no reason for Barrington or his gang to have any clue we're even IN China... Say, don't suppose there's been any bloodwork done on Mr Markum, has there? If I can get a look at a sample of his DNA it should be a lot easier for me to find him, regardless of what he looks like."