He nods in greeting, tucking his own tablet away. He'd been using it far too often recently. And not for communications.

"I heard about the village and the library, but not much about the lighthouse. Were you able to speak to Winters at all?" His own inquiries were rather uneventful - he'd spoken to the man who'd found the village and a few others, but nothing was really swaying his decision one way or the other. "I saw the lighthouse is broadcasting a message to "go back" which is rather ominous."

It's a little odd to be speaking to someone who's sitting on the floor, but at least it makes them eye level with each other instead of the alternative.