"This Seeker can play all the word games it wants - they are not relevant to helping us get safely out of the air and onto the ground. We'll have far more time to sort it out at the base. And I'm sure the other passengers-" he extended an arm, open-handed, to point through the one-way glass, while keeping his gaze fixed on Czar, "- will be much more inclined to 'stay calm' or whatever it is your guards are telling them once we're down there, too."<br/><br/>Alec wouldn't lie to himself - he was rattled by what had happened, especially now that the adrenaline was wearing off. Decades of leadership positions had trained him not to show it, though, and it usually manifested itself (as now) in impatience with others, demands for progress, that sort of thing. It gave his mind something else to think about, he supposed.