Sigma stares at César for a long moment and then lets out a sound that is in no way an actual laugh, even if it's seemingly shaped like one.

"My friend, capitalism is not what I was referring to there. I have been exploited in rather more direct ways, for my work and for my abilities. I...struggle, since an accident. And that has made it hard for me to maintain my independence. The government, they simply put me away, because I was unsafe. Others...did more than that. They found uses for what I can do, and put me to those uses, under the guise of helping me."