I mean it.

[Bandaged hand to touch Meph's face? Bandaged hand to touch Meph's face. Look at him.]

His letter's what led me to finding the Transmission- the one about trying to change the future. The one that had those blueprints in it, the whole reason we were in the cafe to begin with. [Trying to synthesize what they didn't have readily available] I need to know...

[...he needs to know if he is a pawn.]