There’s no arguing with the facts. The dark queen has kept her secrets well. Striper has said nothing intelligible, and has demonstrated nothing of the shapeshifter’s abilities since arriving here at the labs. Ben struggles to develop a new thesis on the subject of Striper’s intelligence, but with Liron facing him from the display screen his mind comes up a blank, as surely it must. He’s in an untenable position. Why doesn’t he just get out?