"If we are dealing with more than one kidnapping train..."

She has a headache just thinking about it but she smiles at the table again. "I think you are right, it is getting more confident, more powerful. Every time. This is bad enough. If we don't stop it here then..."

She doesn't want to even think about it.

"I think we can assume many here are not tethered... But we probably want to assume everyone here is real. People to be saved, not illusions to be destroyed."

They might be wrong, but it's better than the other way round.