Ned privately thinks that he wouldn't mind infra-red vision right now, either. But he doesn't quite like the way that Daneel is offering to go and fetch the box for him. Fetch, like a dog or a servant of some kind. Recently, he's been letting Daneel take care of him perhaps a little more than he ought to. It made sense at the time: he was injured, then he was sick, then saddened by the loss of some of his friends. Ned doesn't want to abuse Daneel's willingness to help, though, so he suggests, "We can go look for it together."

Unlike Daneel, he doesn't have a perfect memory of the dimensions of the hall, so he has to reach out with his hands as he goes, waiting for his fingers to bump into the wall and trailing them there as he approaches his door. He opens it and hesitates a moment at the pitch darkness inside. The curtains are thick and drawn, not letting in even a sliver of light. After that pause, he steps in, walking forward until he bumps into his bed.

As he lifts the sheet and blanket out of the way, Ned laughs faintly and says, "Wonder if they've got an infrared setting on the cameras." It would make sense - otherwise, why would they cut the power and deprive themselves of the ability to observe their captives. Besides, they'd probably been watching all through the night before this, too. The thought makes the back of Ned's neck prickle, and he shivers.

He asks, "Uh... do you mind feeling around for it?"