"It has not. Someone has seen to that," Siebren says, looking very pointedly at Seto. The look is for dramatic effect only, and he lets it fall after a moment, rolling his shoulders and sinking a bit further into the water. "But to answer your question, I returned to Earth for a while. There were equations to adjust, permits to apply for, permissions to request, and then all off-planet operations were halted for...some time." Horizon One had been a highly publicized beacon for the future. To see it go offline so catastrophically had been...a blow, to say the least, to the world at large and to Siebren personally.

Best not to dwell, especially in front of an empath. "But that is another story entirely, and I believe I have held the floor long enough. As much as I would love to hear about Drake's experiments-" He turns to look at Seto again. "-I do not believe you would bring up your 'perfect virtual reality' if you did not wish to speak about it." Thereby taking Xander off the hook for explaining procedures he may not fully understand, and keeping the conversation out of dangerous waters.