"For now," Ashley answered pointedly, glancing at him sidelong to see if he'd caught her meaning as she let her talons retract again. "Not like I've got anybody to try to control me here." Yet. There was always a chance the aliens would... glitch her or something, but she didn't like thinking about that. "Besides, it was DNA-related... or something."

Her voice turned hard at the last part, cold at the mention, even indirectly, of the Cabal. She hated them and everything they stood for.

"And for the record, yes, I've still got the other."

The teleporting, she meant. It was still active.