[It's probably a good thing he hasn't realized she was wandering around with blast trauma when they first met. Thaaaat would be a fun conversation.]

It also puts them in a flattering light, the benevolent protectors. How kind they are to give us these things, as if they did not create this situation in the first place.

That assumes it is not somehow rigged. It would be a simple matter, after all.

Perhaps. I am giving it thought.

[A pause.]

You are unharmed, I presume? After the incidents.