[ a raise of eyebrows!!! they hold there for a second or two, threatening to turn into something... and that something happens to be a genuine laugh, tension breaking. wow! straight to the point! ]

Right! Well. That told me. [ chuckling! in gentle disbelief! ] There's not a lot else for it, is there? I don't see a miraculous space police force appearing out of nowhere to solve all our problems any time in the near future.