"Maybe." Or maybe it was just stupid. But he hasn't known a better solution at the time. He still didn't. If the same situation came up its probably happen all over, because how do you alert people's friends without alerting their enemies as well?

But he shrugs that off quickly, and gets the knife as directed. They're not here to talk about him, anyway. He accepts the cheese from her, and casually continues the conversation. "An alien war?"