YEAH that's what I had thought, more or less -- that while cybernetics themselves might not be seen as BAD AND EVIL, the circumstances of Milly's becoming a cyborg (and where the technology originated) are questionable at best. And Baelheit certainly wouldn't be the only one out there developing cybernetics, but he's made a career out of it and is probably decently well-known, at least by folks in the R&D/science community. Milly has her own very strong reasons for wanting to keep it a secret, and Baelheit has impressed the need for secrecy on her basically her whole life, but I imagine that if and when he gets closer to his goals (DESTINY) he might feel the need for her to be public about it in order to further his cause. I'm still working out what office he would even run for, because I'm not sure what would be the most useful for him. But I think it's safe to say that cybernetic implants for humans are at least somewhat controversial at this point?

ha ha "test approved". Milly was the test. The test of destiny.