"Oh, there he is," Charlie says as she hurries over, grinning. She stop short when she gets an eyeful of the thing with Ken. "Whoa. Okay. Wow."

Jesus. What were they going to do with that thing? It could eat the van, Charlie was sure of it. "Um...Ed, this is Ken. A friend of mine. Ken, this is Ed." As for what he was? She wasn't entirely sure.

"It's getting cold. We should head back to the safe zone. Okay?" Plus, Charlie was sure she heard something moving in the desert and she wasn't sure what. Maybe they were keeping their distance because of Ba'ul?