I shrugged and pointed one finger in the direction that Skylar and I had come from.

"In a lab back that way. He was just lying there, and he was cute, so I brought him with me."

I knew that it was a stupid reason to have someone tagging along--especially here, but it was sort of the truth.

"Why?" I asked Spati. "Do you know anything about him from your time with the computers?