She fiddles with the recorder briefly, making sure it's fully rewound before she presses play. She can listen to things properly while she holds a conversation; it's a learned skill.

It takes her by surprise when it's her own voice first - "Ambrose is a fucking asshole," it says, and she snorts in sheer surprise - but her smile's gone again by the time the dead air clears and Ambrose's voice plays next. (Though she frowns curiously when the crackle of the tape gets worse whenever Jon talks.)

"...if that was true, Ambrose would've known that Jon was coming. Or maybe it's something they have to actively do." The thought of the ice caves makes her shrug. "Maybe they just didn't care if people got killed during it. If Ambrose can just keep summoning us we're super expendable, what does it matter if we die here?"