Gramps merely nodded his in understanding as Enn spoke, first when he explained that he was not the first to attempt to desert the Anderekians, then when he stressed the importance of keeping his equipment, and finally, with a deep sigh and a face that furrowed deeper with lines of worry, when he reported on the usage of AI.
	Kay just looked from one to the other with wide-eyed wonder, at once smiling excitedly to actually be part of something this new and important and slightly unnerved about what it all meant. She was also still quite concerned about what was going to happen to Eighfour and confused as to why Gramps was being so calm about them being discovered and Enn's being here when it should mean impending annihilation. Was it just a facade? Was he just putting on a brave face to comfort everyone else while he knew the countdown for Eighfour disappearing in a mushroom cloud had begun? Was he unmoved by death approaching? Or did he know something she did not? Obviously things were already progressing in ways Kay had never expected with what seemed to be preparations for an evacuation underway.

	“It's as I thought, then,” Gramps mumbled, his voice barely audible as his gaze shifted to Kay for a second – looking, it seemed, specifically at the box-like interface embedded in her skull – before moving to the front of the cupboard, turning his back to his guests, opening it and starting to rummage through its contents. “The drone was too big to be a bug, too small to be a manned vehicle, and it can't have been remote-controlled during the sunstorm. So it's probably the thing to the west.”
	He nonchalantly threw a small wrapped package over his shoulder that landed on the table between where Enn and Kay were seated. The impact seemed to jostle it enough to make the wrapping come partially loose, revealing what appeared to be some very stale-looking and crumbled salted crackers of some kind.
	“You're allowed to speak freely, by the way,” he remarked as he turned back around, a dented old metal kettle in his hand. “I'm sure you have lots of questions.”