[Bruce was gifted with the ability to know when it was time to pass over alcohol and shut up. Unfortunately, he couldn't allow her to quietly stew with the information she had learned, because there was much more pertinent information to share.]

You'd think, but it's the secret of their governing system. It's not just us that they watch. Microphones and cameras are all over the city. On the streets, in stores, in people's homes, everywhere. It's not exactly a secret. I understand that they've covered the outer districts with surveillance equipment too. How much manpower they need to comb through all that information? I have no idea, but they manage it.

[He knew of blind spots, but he wasn't going to tell her that yet, especially not where cameras were watching them. He wanted to gauge how trustworthy she was first, and he had very stringent standards of trustworthy.]