"Dead?" Byrne looked back at the girl with obvious concern on his face. She meant the binary when she said that, right? If so, then that was pretty amazing, that she could understand binary. (And it was one more piece of evidence to prove his case of 'Rei might not be human'...but it still wasn't enough evidence to persuade him to ask her about it right now. Especially not at a time like this.)

So who died, and why would the intercom announce it in binary code of all things? It was curious and quite worrisome, but perhaps it wasn't worth it to ask. So Byrne shook his head. "I bet Landel's just trying to frighten us," he concluded, although his tone made it rather clear that he wasn't firm in that conviction. "Let's forget about it. It probably doesn't mean anything."

No, he didn't actually believe that, but honestly? It was starting to get kind of tiring worrying about what all of this meant, especially since it seemed like every fact he learned contradicted another. As much as he was dying to know how every piece of the puzzle fit together, it was easier in the end to just believe Landel was an asshole and leave it at that. Not to mention it was way too easy for him to over-think things sometimes. If the broadcast didn't make sense, well, maybe it wasn't supposed to.

Even though he didn't actually believe that deep down.