[Cassian's studiously not reacting to Kay's backup. Though spelling the word out is very helpful. It mercifully gives him something concrete to do in transcribing the rapid delivery of letters then properly searching for the word on the 'net.]

Um… well… it suggests a Terrestrial [by which he means this-planet-specific] origin. Should I… um… keep you up to to date with my research or would you rather be filled in later?

[Or seek compensation, or never speak of it again]