"I have, indeed. He mentioned you were an item when we ran into each other the other day. Out in the forest." Whoops, hope he's not getting Ned into trouble there. He had mentioned that he wasn't really supposed to be out there. Oh well. "He quite saved my life from a nefarious species of mushroom."

It had been a good talk, actually, with Ned. He hadn't expected to ever meet someone else who'd dated an artificial intelligence. "I think he may be interested in assisting me in my work." He frowns just a little, considering their captivity and, therefore, limited scope of his possibilities beyond figuring out just what is going on at the Cape. "Should any work present itself. There's certainly plenty to investigate."