"Yeah, they didn't turn out so well. It was about what you'd expect from a shadowy government organization studying a mysterious phenomenon. And the people associated with it," he adds with a tinge of bitterness. How could they justify kidnapping and locking up innocent people like that, who'd already been whisked away from everything familiar? He should have realized it was happening sooner.

Well, no sense bringing down the room. "Buuuuut they're gone now, and everything's more or less settled alright." He leans forward, peering out the windshield or viewscreen or whatever's in front of them. "Does that look like another ship to you?"