...I don't know. It's not like I've made a secret of what happened to the Colonies, but beyond that... I don't know.

[He sighs and stands, now, going to the door, taking the communicator with him. He needs a shower, he thinks, and depending on the time of day either breakfast or a drink and a smoke, and then he needs to get back to the engine room or the lab or another place he can indulge in science rather than memory.

He pauses in the hallway, though, glancing around.] Where is everyone? [He lives on level one; it's usually busy.]