Bee eavesdrops on Levi and Boris’s conversation; while initially it sounds like Levi is badmouthing her to Boris, she is astounded to realize that he is actually demanding that Boris let Bee do her job: He wants him to give her authorized access to the building, an official email address, and be looped in for all project meetings. Levi cancelled the shipment because it was not the system Bee had requested but one of inferior quality. However, Boris explains that the stall in the project is a political issue: NIH was brought on for funding, but NASA is now unwilling to share credit with NIH and is trying to push BLINK back to the next budget review. Once this leads to a release of more funding, NASA will be able to carry out BLINK independently though the project will be delayed by a year.

Levi storms out of Boris’s office, and when he sees Bee, he drags her outside where they can talk in private. Bee considers telling NIH about the issue, but Levi points out that NIH would then pull out, and along with damaging the relationship between NIH and NASA, the project would again end up entirely NASA-owned. However, Levi is working on something that he might be able to use to leverage Boris into supporting them.