W-wait, what, you wouldn't? [ Bruno turned to look Silco's way quickly, clearly surprised by the thought that someone, someone! Might leave him behind! Wow! ] Is that a... joke... or...

[ No, no, that was absolutely serious. Uh, hm. Bruno seemed to realize that all on his own as he trailed off on that 'or' and after a series of conflicted expressions, he settled on simply asking this instead: ]

Right, so, what are the hard possibilities when all the easy ones are gone?