Huh. He's not sure if that's more or less ominous than it simply opening up from an earthquake. It certainly sounds more complex to navigate than he'd considered--the whole thing about electronics is still almost entirely beyond him--and James is still not completely sure about Methuselah in general, but it only just makes him a little more curious about the whole thing.

But before asking about Lakeside itself a bit more, he did notice Randvi's use of 'us' and 'we', and he wonders how general those terms were. "Were you a part of that first attempt yourself?"