"It would be the first thing someone might tamper with if they wanted to ensure we couldn't coordinate with each other." Yeah his thought process is going to the worst case scenario here. He may be optimistic but he's not entirely naive and being suspicious in this place is keeping them alive.

"No, just the tablet. But the only weapons I have to steal are these." He pulls one of the many knives off his belt, twirling it between his fingers absently as he thinks. They were all in place as they should be when he got dressed this morning. He doesn't have any other possessions really. The tablet, his clothing, the telescope, and the small origami frog that had been left on his grave. All accounted for.