What, that's the only reason? [ Slightly dry. There's a laundry list of shit that doesn't sit right, for Jim. ] There's no way he isn't listening and watching, getting his own intel on Darma. He's gonna end up having way more to gain from us than she is, in the information department.

[ Whether or not that's a bad thing, Jim has no idea. He could stay quiet and conservative and not engage people, but there's no point; if these locals don't glean what's been going on in the outside world from him, they'll find out from someone else. He might as well learn what he can. ]

He hasn't really told us anything we don't know already. [ A beat. ] Well, those of us who've been here for a bit, anyway. The Natha have a pattern of keeping us in the dark, even when it causes problems.