Asch took in the information. So it was possible that not all monsters were overtly intelligent. Well, they were monsters, after all; that made sense. They'd still have to be careful, of course. Zex had been here longer, but none of them actually had a decent weapon yet.

"You know how to create explosives?" he asked, carefully. Knowledge like that was useful, perhaps - but it could also be dangerous. How did Mello know, anyway?

He didn't know anything about who Mello had been in his own world, of course. It might benefit him to find out a little, especially since they had to share close quarters until further notice. Asch had no delusions that he'd be able to break out tonight. In fact, it wasn't in his plans to try to do so. He believed most of what he'd been told, and things like this needed time - no one was going to get out without using their heads, and he wasn't going to waste his time on a futile effort.