[If they'd only given that information earlier then- well... beating a dead horse there. Practically literally. The Heart is gone and he can't really dwell on their mistakes. Just worry about how to move forward.]

[He listens intently, brow furrowing as the researcher speaks.]

'Mindseye'....

[Of course, he doesn't need to write down a few points, but he still reaches into his back pocket and pulls out his paperback. It's a new one, this time, all the notes transferred into the next volume of the series, but still his prefered information disguise.]

[He writes.]

Arlo Moibeck

artificial virus

Mindseye

City quarantined.

[He taps his pen against the book.]

Has anyone ever mentioned any other city? Ever? I mean, this is a whole fucking planet. But I've never seen a road out. Is anything about that in here?