Jake couldn't help but smirk at that. "Now come on. Don't be all Gilligan's Island about this. At least build a boat," he says, kind of teasing but not entirely. Nor saying what he wants to say. At last find out if we're clones or not before you go. Talk about things that could get really awkward.

"They seem like common computers, but I can't find a code in the system that shows an outside connection, or any writer's code, or anything you would think you would find. Even in a loped system. There's still usually some kind of outside signature, and I've found nothing. Not that I'm giving up. I plan to check on it a few times a month. Maybe if it is a looped, self contained system, I just have to catch it on the right circuit."

He's not letting this beat him, even if it's frustrating.

He gives Ty a look at that though. "You think they're what? Aliens?" Yes! He's had this thought! Along with the scrubs and the fear of anal probes.