[It does seem like that's going to be the case, that this is an utterly futile argument in the long term. She lets out a sigh.]

'That appears to be the case,' Misaka agrees with your analysis of the current conversation, even if she does not agree with the point you are making.

[How troublesome. A glance to the side tells her that the children have, for better or worse, started playing amongst themselves, no longer engaged with the potential of a fight.]