Re-l eyes sharpened. She hadn't been expecting anything from this irritating man, but information was always useful.

She fished out her diary and nosed to the back, turning through the pages until she found her list.

"This is in more or less order of importance, but some of the most crucial occured to me later," she said, by way of explanation. Holding the diary close to her face, she began to read. "One: what was the disaster? Two: if it was so cataclysmic, how did the world recover in such short order? Three: assuming for a moment that the story they fed us is true, where did the dreams come from and what was their purpose? Four: why have I not met anyone from my dreams? Statistical evidence suggests that I should have constructed personalities based on people I knew. Five: Why is so much of the cave off limits? What needs to be hidden from us? Six: Why are we not allowed to talk about the dreams? Seven: Why do we have no memories of our former lives?"

She snapped her diary closed and tucked it away quickly.

"Those are the questions I consider of paramount importance. I'm sure you can see why. Do you have anything to add?"