Hey, we got in, and he spoke to us. That's better than a lot of first contacts I've overseen. [ No one got maimed or kidnapped! ] I don't actually the begrudge the guy being cagey about us, given his dislike of Darma and being so recently burned by trusting Rasyc, but it's going to have to be a situation where we meet halfway. He can't expect anyone to flip on Darma when we've got all those people in stasis, and we can't expect him to just show all his cards.

But-- [ he looks over at her. ] At least we don't have to fake who we are.

[ The further out they walk, the quieter it becomes, the industrial steam of the city less audible behind them. It's pretty out, Jim thinks, able to take in the frozen scenery without being pummeled by manufactured weather. Very sassy of Magda, picking a storm. ]

And, we're supposed to be working towards refugee-native cooperation. So maybe the powers that be need to calm the hell down, for a minute.