Mm. Makes sense. Especially if there's more than seemed to be.

[Everyone would look for the thing with claws. What if there had been a package in there too? The creatures could be a smokescreen, a distraction.]

You think the manifest would be legitimately filled out. Then again. Best to fill out right, just in case it gets checked. And it's gotta be filed somewhere. You wanna ask after that, or do you want me asking?

[His gaze goes back to Crichton.]

Because chances are you've already been asking a few questions. Spreading it out can't hurt.