"As a punishment." The statement was a confirmation as much as anything else. Punishment seemed unlikely, at least as the sole motivation for the occurrence. "Or the covering of tracks disguised as punishment. It's good to know our captors aren't perfect so much as thorough." He nods. "Extraction sounds like a solid first step to me, and I have quite a few tricks up my sleeve. Are you familiar with astral projection?"

He could spy without being technologically detected, after all. His physical mind would be up to two miles away. "It's a corpse, Hank. Their spirits have long-since fled. Take heart, it's for a good cause." He even offers the other man a reassuring smile. "I have a personal stake in seeing this through, after all. I have a proper afterlife to attend."