"I'd assume both."

But then, the luggage car had been one of the first cars on the train, if Nita recalled what Buttercup said right...

She snorted. "Patterns help us feel better, but that doesn't mean they're there. Besides, to solve problems like the kind this train seems to deal with, you'd need as wide a range of perspectives as possible-"

She cut herself off, startling herself to silence.

"Just reaching out for whatever you can get. Not a Call, not a transmission, but a receiver."