Hm. [ rideaux doesn't so much as raise an eyebrow at that. a member of his group had "kicked the bucket" as well, and he's heard similar things from others here since that day, so it's not exactly unexpected news at this point. ] It won't be as easy to tell if anything's changed when I didn't see how it was working before, but I can certainly take a look.

[ he'd had similar concerns upon arriving here, and he's still wary of the foreign technology CERES replaced his own spyrix organs with.

which isn't to say he's sympathetic, but he's curious, especially if there's a chance it might give him some further insight into his own situation. ]

And this "poking around" was something one of your companions observed and relayed to you after the fact, or...?