[A new(?) face appears over the network. It belongs to a young woman with light hair and olive eyes. The face is also upside down.]
[She peers into the communicator screen curiously for a moment, tapping a button or two experimentally with a gloved finger - oh! it's making a beeping sound whenever she touches it. But after a few moments, she turns her head away as if distracted, and a worried frown creases her mouth. Fascinating as it is, there are far more pressing matters at hand. Far more pressing. She finally speaks - but to herself.]
Where is this place? It doesn't appear to be in the Zao Desert at all. They couldn't possibly have...
[She draws her arms in closer.] --No. I'm certain there's a perfectly reasonable explanation. Well then. If they are unable to return for me, I must simply take charge of matters and search for them myself!
[She peers into the communicator screen curiously for a moment, tapping a button or two experimentally with a gloved finger - oh! it's making a beeping sound whenever she touches it. But after a few moments, she turns her head away as if distracted, and a worried frown creases her mouth. Fascinating as it is, there are far more pressing matters at hand. Far more pressing. She finally speaks - but to herself.]
Where is this place? It doesn't appear to be in the Zao Desert at all. They couldn't possibly have...
[She draws her arms in closer.] --No. I'm certain there's a perfectly reasonable explanation. Well then. If they are unable to return for me, I must simply take charge of matters and search for them myself!