[She laughs. It's a small, easy sound.] That, and with exploring your new abilities. For some hosts, the mental connection can be overwhelming. We do our best to help you learn how to manage it so you can be successful in the field; we know the transition to this place can be... shocking and abrupt and we want to do everything in our power to minimize your stress levels.

[It's not completely kindness; anxiety feeds through the nest like a disease. Best to make things easier for everyone by being immediately accessible. As for the rest--

Cathaway doesn't shrug, but there's a sensation like she's considering it.]

We receive intelligence from agents in the field to better direct our efforts, but it's very much a collaborative process. We also sometimes have hunches or sensations about which path is best pursued next, but we can't be sure if they're our intuition or a message from something deeper in the nest. It's possible we have an overseer, but we have never met them just as we have never met an agent from another station.

[It's all very mysterious, troubling even. That said, she seems largely unconcerned.]