"Indeed. I would much prefer to be aboard my ship than stranded there. No collars, either." At least they would be spared that indignity.

"I didn't have time to go through all of the emergency access codes before discovering you were aboard the vessel. At the time I had no idea who or what it was. I believed it was important to confront and interrogate the intruder in case that was the person responsible for this situation. Needless to say, I wasn't expecting anyone I knew." The fact that he remembered her now was something to ponder later given all they had been told while on the island. It seemed there was much to puzzle out.