I thought about that. It's pretty tempting to say it's safe to trust anybody who showed up later than that. But they could be reinforcements, sent to help out the original scout or whatever you'd call them.

[ It's possible to use 'rationality' to convince yourself not to trust anybody and Ben's brain is tending that way at the moment.

But despite his increasing paranoia, he's not a complete cynical monster. When Qubit sniffs again, Ben adds: ]

Are you... feeling alright?