She hoped that would be enough, but she's still kind of surprised when it is. There's blood pumping now, and she can't just fall back on the couch like he does. "The pilot they had doesn't just make errors, for one. His record's too good. And we found out over the local news before anyone official came to us. It all just seemed...sketchy."

Pidge frowns down at the floor, fists curling and uncurling. "Maybe I was just in disbelief for a while, but I looked, or I started looking. If it was what they said it was, it wouldn't be classified. Pilot error is just a story. I didn't find everything, but I found enough. Some of the data that managed to transmit before losing contact. It just doesn't add up. I don't know if they were involved in some secret project, or taken by aliens, or what, but I know where I'm gonna start looking once I get out there."