Usually. Sometimes they straight up lie to us, though. You kind of learn to deal with it after a few cycles.

[ He doesn't sound so bothered, but when you've been doing this for centuries, it's easier to manage the lies where the bosses can't hit you back. Dagger's seen some of the bigger lies the CDC can give - lived through a few of them, all told. He'd still rather not know the truth. ]

I can't stop it from happening, if that's what you came here for. That's above my pay grade. Are you doing this because you're friends?

You were friends, right?