Hmm... I suppose that's true. But you can't really hide from the cameras here, and I honestly don't think it matters. They've already reached in and plucked you out of your timeline. If Atroma wanted to go after your friends and family, they would have taken them, too. [He holds up a finger.] And before you ask-- yes, my father was taken by Atroma and ended up here. Twice. And he returned home both times, perfectly unharmed, and with absolutely zero memory of what had conspired here.

[He's wordy and tends to question-dump when he's interested in something, so he takes it in stride.]

Not exactly. The rations we're given come out of a machine in the kitchen. It's sort of like mushy tofu, if you've ever had that. I prefer not to depend on it when possible. Normally there's some semblance of life on the planets we visit, so that's when I tend to barter with the locals for actual food ingredients.