"I knew you were friends with Kinner, but I didn't know you were so close with him. He's an interesting guy. I've only met him a few times, but yeah, I think of him as a friend and I'm glad he offered to help." Palmer manages a small smile. "He's mostly a good judge of that kinda thing."

Palmer nods, focusing on the idea. "All right. Let me put together what 's going on so far. We need to approach folks on the team we're pretty sure ain't Things. The surviving dogs are probably infected, so we need to put them down. We've got someone in place on the outside to make sure it doesn't enter the Nexus. Marie, if you know her."