[ There's always the chance that they would come out of the Ingress on a planet that wasn't immediately life-threatening, but Snake knows he shouldn't hold his breath about that either. Thinking too much on it is only going to piss him off, though, and won't fix the initial problem. ]

You could ask them about it, see what they have to say. Who knows, maybe everyone's shutting down their Ingresses like we have and so this space kidnapping act is going to be put on pause.

[ Probably wishful thinking, but it's something.

Snake leans back in his chair and pinches the bridge of his nose. This entire conversation is exhausting, but that's just because their entire situation is exhausting. ]

Yeah, that's how I've been operating. I don't like it, but they're not asking us to like it, they're just asking us to cooperate.