Freegans part 40

Matt
Dude, I had not asked a stupid question! It was a very rational inquiry that deserved speculation! Right?

Anyway, Kestrel and Ox were giving us a very long once-over, and I was starting to get a little uncomfortable. I asked, "What do you mean?"
Cara gave one of her 'That was a really dumb question, Matt' sighs which annoy me so much, and said, "They're not sure they can trust us. They think it's suspicious that we turned up so suddenly. Isn't that right?" The question was directed towards the men. Both nodded.

"S-s-so, what are you going to do with us?" asked Lucy, turning pale.
"Well, if you're just kids, you should be sent home. This is no place for you. But if you turn out to be enemy spies or something-"
"You'll kill us?" I concluded.
"No, probably just tie you up and leave you somewhere."
"Don't you have a lie detector machine or something you can use to test us, see if we're innocent?" asked Cara.
Ox and Kestrel looked at each other, then back at us. The Ox said, "We do, but we don't have it with us. Sadly, it's back at our center of operations."
"Dang," muttered Cara.
Just then, the strange redheaded woman who'd come in and fallen asleep woke up. She looked at a wristwatch, and said, "Time to go."