"You would think, wouldn't you? If it does register, it's indistinguishable from background noise." She's trying not to watch, not to make it such a big deal. Just keep talking, she thinks. She tears off another piece of pancake and opens the little dish of butter, dabbing at it.

"Perhaps when we get to Helium, I will check again, but it works in our favor. Without your signature to interfere, the sensors will only read the artifact. And as long as you are within a predefined radius of me, you will not set off any alarms."