[ Ernesto's own laugh is less subtle, though more subdued than it might usually be. He doesn't really need someone coming over to ask what he's laughing about. ]

If you could just tell me what way that is, then I'll hatch a plan for us immediately.

[ With a heavy sigh Ernesto sprawls across the top of the broken wall again, making a slow scan of the parts of the ruins he can see from where he's standing. ]

I can't say I have much of one. I've been trying to tease some information out of our friends in uniform, and none of them are particularly forthcoming. I get the sense that I'll cross a line if I ask too many questions too.