[Raven, on the other hand, plops himself down with no attempt at being graceful. The scotch is very appreciatively received, and he takes a drink of it before he starts.]

...Two things. [He sets the glass back down again.] First, I ran into a little bother with CERES. Maybe you did too?

[A pointed look at Rideaux's injured leg, before he focuses his attention back on his face. Given how widespread the incidents seem to be, it's Raven's best guess. It's not as though it was long since they last spoke, and Rideaux was definitely uninjured then.]

I won't bore ya with all the details, but let's just say I kicked the bucket. I woke up in one of their hospitals this mornin'. [It's worryingly easy for him to sound so nonchalant about it, even if he can't quite mask how weary he is. You die once or twice, you've died a thousand times.]

Before I woke up, one of their robots was pokin' around with my blastia for who knows how long. I wanna check everything's still workin' like it should.

[The second thing, he'll get to later. This one takes priority.]