[César is much more aware of the Korean War and what happened, and the laughter in his voice when he speaks up dies away quickly.]

I would've done that, yes. I designed something that renders people safely unconscious for a few hours, which could be used on a grander scale. Enough time to land aircraft and take the most important portions of enemy territory with only a very minimal loss of life. Providence hired me in part because no one got more than a headache. But I'd hesitate to put such technology into military hands. It'd be overused immediately.