He could have quoted statistics, factors of probability, but he knew that neither of those things would be of any help at all, especially when they still didn't know what was happening, and so he just nodded once as he settled in, "I'll see what I can do."

Chances were good that with that low-alert he'd be coming fully online, if only briefly, every hour or so -whether he heard anything or not- just to make sure everything was still as it should be.