The story was impressive, and seemed backed up by everything that AJ saw before her. Moreover she knew that the alien was not the kind to lie. Puff himself up, perhaps, or at least she was getting the feeling that he might try for bragging... but this was brag-worthy. "Well, shit, you better be ready to feel like you're getting a fair trade, then, because I have some serious juice for you."

She went hunting for a stick, leaving the poor ice alien in the dark for a minute or two until she could come back and start poking at the river-beast. It was disgusting. Its tentacles made the hair on the back of her neck rise. Mastering her distaste with some serious snark, she said, "there's bad news and there's good news... and the bad news is that some people are already way too busy digging around in the ship for all sorts of shit. Comms, communications shit, I mean, is way up there. Couldn't get my hands on one of the little communicators, but they're passing them around to essential people, and they're aiming to get more."

AJ hitched one hand in the belt loop of her jump suit, continuing to poke along the beast, seeing if it had a beak like other squid she'd heard of. She wanted to gauge Algidus' reactions, so she left him with a pregnant sort of pause for any interjections he might like.