[He sees the ping. He ignores it until he's done, rather than let himself get side tracked. So it's nice that the person pinging lets him.]

[Sam does turn to it soon enough, leaning forward on the desk.]

Well. That would be because that's what it looks like we may be facing. There aren't a lot of other things that can go through walls without disturbing them. But, it's also what I deal with back home, so I figured it couldn't hurt to share it out.

As the Bard said, "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio"...