[ Naoko covers her face in her hands, cursing under her breath. When her hands fall back to her sides, though, she looks more determined than upset. She can't really show any weakness in front of these kids. ]

That's definitely going to be a problem. ISHMAEL should have come to me the moment she died, so the fact that he hasn't either means that Mimi tweaked his coding and didn't tell anyone, or there's something wrong with him. She was also the only person who knew how he worked. If he went under my jurisdiction, he would still follow my orders, but I wouldn't be able to make any major changes to his programming.