Just as Eric had expected Ryan did catch on to the silent message. In response he gave him a quick look confirming that he understood what he was trying to say. â€œYou might be on to something, dear Eric. Thomas did have a number of people wrapped around his finger; I wouldnâ€™t put it past him having some government officials on his side, too.â€ He said to keep the conversation away from illegal activities, as to not drag Kat into any of that, wishing he knew something that would be helpful. Even though he had known the man a little, Thomas was someone who usually only told people what he wanted to know and not what was really going on in his mind. If there was something going on with the gangs it wouldnâ€™t be anything uncommon surely. There was no doubt Thomas would have planned ahead, whether he had been expecting to be killed or not.<br/><br/>To be on the safe side he would be sure to inform Eric if he were to come across any useful information. A war being set up would be an excuse to get information, but he would need to be careful knowing he would probably be called out if that was the case.<br/><br/>â€œWhatever is going on,â€ Kat had chimed in after a moment of thought, when Ryan had nothing more to say, â€œI agree that we should just focus on what we have here for right now.â€ Everything seemed plausible right now. If they focused on one thing at a time it would be a lot easier to piece everything together instead of just dealing with everything at once. There was plenty of time for dealing with that later, and Eric was right to assume she really didnâ€™t want to be dragged into anything illegal and if she knew what they were planning she wouldnâ€™t approve. On the other hand why should she stop them if they were going to do anything illegal? It probably wouldnâ€™t do any good to try to stop them, not to mention they might have to resort to illegal activities if they were going to get out of this.<br/><br/>Sighing heavily she put down what she had been working on and stared hard at the table. She folded her arms across her chest, eyes narrowed and extremely focused, deep in thought. A lot was still on her mind, her thoughts swirling with so many questions. Possible answers to those questions popped up, too, but she kept to herself unsure of how helpful any of it would be without them knowing for sure. They were so near yet so far when it came to finding what they were looking for. She was desperately hoping that their answers would be here somewhere, they just had to be. Even if she continued to have her doubts and still wondered if this was a waste of time they had come this far they might as well finish. She reached for the tablet pulled it close to her again, looking for something that would be even a little helpful.<br/><br/>Ryan had come close to cracking a code but found himself stuck, â€œIâ€™ve managed to get through some older codes, but thatâ€™s the extent of my abilities unfortunately. Youâ€™ll need to take it over from here.â€ Pushing what he had been working on to Eric he moved on to something else and started working on that. His skills with electronics were a lot rustier than he had thought, more than he wanted to admit, despite the speed at which he was working to crack the ciphers and encryptions within. It has been years since he has worked with a lot of these codes. The more he worked the more things were starting to come back to him. Much to his relief, despite little roadblock, it was quicker than he thought. It was to the point where he was hoping it wouldnâ€™t take all afternoon like Kat had thought. She seemed to be thinking the same as well.<br/><br/>Hell, they all might be on the same boat when it came down to it. So Kat was hoping anyway. With the rate they were going maybe there was some hope after all.