...huh.

[Well that's...slightly disappointing. But hey, this isn't about him-]

Wait, why would they do all the kidnapping at all? If he's working on it in the first place, that should be good enough. And why would they want to rush things-have they never seen any piece of science fiction where a teleportation device has a problem?

[If the look on his face mean anything, he's starting to think the criminals are also idiots.]