Darren immediately had the microphone placed under his nose. Vivian, meanwhile, was heartbroken and deflated.

Darren stood up, microphone in hand, and said directly, “I'm pretty decent at playing a game called Wasteland. The background story is that humans are discovered and invaded by an extraterrestrial civilization!

So my question is: how can we prevent the naive human civilization from being discovered by aliens, until we have the strength to fight them?"

Vivian despised Darren on hearing this. It was hearing him say ‘Wasteland’ that had done it.

She thought his comments showed his immaturity.