[Reyes grunts in the back of his throat—a clear indication that he isn’t quite buying this. There’s a lot he’s sure the Orbiters aren’t telling them, and he’s almost offended by the notion that they’re expected to help despite being kidnapped. Being made to clean up a mess that most certainly isn’t his leaves a bad taste in his mouth.
He folds his arms and leans back a little on his heels, considering.]
So what have you been doing?
[If not having paranoid speculations about the nature of all this. She and Jack have been here for a year—certainly that’s enough time to make some headway on the truth, or at least, establish some kind of foothold.]
What happened to him, anyways?
[He doesn’t expect a real answer to that, but since she brought him up, Gabriel thinks he might as well try.]
no subject
He folds his arms and leans back a little on his heels, considering.]
So what have you been doing?
[If not having paranoid speculations about the nature of all this. She and Jack have been here for a year—certainly that’s enough time to make some headway on the truth, or at least, establish some kind of foothold.]
What happened to him, anyways?
[He doesn’t expect a real answer to that, but since she brought him up, Gabriel thinks he might as well try.]