[ She screws up her face a little, perplexed and kind of astonished, and adjusts herself so that she is up higher. After what always felt like weeks and weeks of no communication with anyone, learning that they had network access honestly does come as something of a shock. ]

That's weird. [ Not enough of a shock not to state the obvious, but still. ] Why would service suddenly be available down there? What, did Smiley build a cell tower while we were all trying to stop each other from murdering people? Maybe the ship wanted whatever William can do to be stopped, like it was getting in the way or something.