While I do not inherently disagree with such a suggestion, I would say it needs to be done most delicately. Pushing our limits too much may force his hand into doing exactly what we do not wish to do.

[Giovanni pauses here to gather his thoughts before answering, thinking back on all that he overheard while sneaking around in the Partition and adding it to other information he's learned while in this Grid.]

...My focus here so far has been to learn as much as I could about the Defenders but I have also been out into the Wastelands with a group of Cryptos and Miners. There was an instance of a viral attack upon two of the programs that caused us all to flee the area. While I admit I know little of computers it doesn't take an expert to infer the significance of an infection overrunning the populace. What I learned of the Ports implied there were other programs out there, whole other systems perhaps with their own inhabitants. Like a city sending signals to another, far away city. [a small pause] Could it be that this area is cordoned off from a larger populace?