[ As always, there's a general hum of chaos around Roland's broadcast, but he does thankfully catch wind of this discussion on the comms, and boy is he grateful for it. ]

[ If he sounds out of breath...that's because he is once again, multitasking. ]

Hope you don't mind if I jump in too, Curufin. Thanks for telling him about the intel, Tidus. [ He's been itching to consolidate information since day one. ] Have you any reason to believe that the explosions in each lab were coordinated and deliberate? They weren't from the monsters attacking us as we speak?

[ He huffs. ] If so, then that would mean someone or something was trying to stop the researchers from discovering the nature of the orbs and the monsters...