Thanatos looks upwards but then changes his mind and looks back down towards the ground.

"I can fly and give us the advantage of height to locate the others. However, doing so brings me closer to the lights." By now Alice must know that bright lights hurts Thanatos a lot. "If you help me look in the air, I can limit my time so close to it."

Look for the rest of the VoidTreckers, look for people who need help, look for obstacles to avoid, and so on.