[He nods to show his approval of this plan. It would be wrong to put it off any longer, especially since they had all planned to go when he had vanished mysteriously.

Absently doing a headcount... Carmen, Coop and his friends, Astrid, and himself.]

That'll bring us up to six, then. Our group sure has been growing, lately. Wonder if it'll be your turn to get a familiar face around here, soon.

[FRIENDS OF CARMEN. Exciting to think about.]

I've only talked to him once, but Mr. Rosenfield didn't seem so bad to me...

[The conversation had mostly been positive, anyway.]