" They talked for another hour. Bryson got coffee and pound cake for everyone, and they swapped stories, showed her things on Bryson’s old NetPad—even pulled out the ancient NetTab for a while to share some of the odd stories they’d researched about possible Tangent sightings around the world. Michael told Gabby about his old life, about his family, about Helga, about everything. Sarah brought her up to speed on Kaine and what he’d done to them. Bryson told her how they needed to get into the VNS and confront Agent Weber. They talked and talked and talked, and Gabby listened. Finally, as if they’d exhausted the English language, silence fell upon the table. "

― James Dashner , The Rule of Thoughts (The Mortality Doctrine, #2)