She wasn't any kind of annoyance or burden. The mysterious mutant from between dimensions not only provided the most promising avenue of escape yet, but she was very decent company in a galaxy completely devoid of it otherwise. Khan was disappointed that she didn't seem interested in having a conversation while he worked, but he wasn't going to bother her unnecessarily.

Only fifteen minutes had passed before he spoke, this time navigating two different virtual screens at once and more quickly than he had at the beginning. Things were falling into place. "Can you see in pitch darkness?" Maybe she wasn't listening, and he would have to let go of his data streams to get her attention. If she did respond now, that would save them a good thirty seconds that would be useful, but they didn't actually need them.