He lets out a light huff at that, somewhere between amusement and agreement. "Yeah, that's a pretty good way of putting it."

Then it's his turn to be silent for a few moments after her question. "Because the truth sounds insane. And because... honestly, I'm not sure. It's something I'm still trying to answer myself. But I think... either Sherman and the others in charge don't know that the people they're looking for aren't what they think, or they don't care. But maybe they think we might, if we knew."