"If they did it and then blew us up, that would be- okay, that would be the same level of bewildering, admittedly," Jessica conceded, joining him beside the coffee table, keeping- well, not an ear out, precisely, but paying particular attention to the sensations in her head, so if it turned out to be not a bomb but, but snakes or something, she'd pick up on the danger as early as possible.

Now he's got me thinking weirdly. Why would it be snakes?

"Just open it already, the longer we stare at it, the stupider my ideas get. I literally just thought 'what if it's snakes.'"