It took no small amount of effort to not respond to "all you survey" with "what, the curtains?"

"You beat me to my next question," she said. "What did—no, that's not really my business, is it?" She'd heard rumours; something about the aliens and a lot of people ending up dead or a weapons deal gone wrong—but it was all fifth– and sixth-hand chatter and no one really seemed to know for certain, or was willing to tell.