Herbert huffs quietly through his nose in irritation and leaps carefully onto the table to grab the dish and secure it, propped up inside an art display made of wires on the table.

"I assume you're here to act as witness and not, to dole out more helpful advice like that," he mutters from beside the dish. "There's not much any of us can do: especially not miniscule bats--I believe we'll all also be hostages, shortly. That might be warning enough, for the others."