Karson was busy mentally answering the queen's question while she and Link spoke, then Link drew him out of that with a question about a hidden escape route and that was something he never thought he'd have to figure out the logistics of.
It was a good question, though, and not a bad one to ask, and the boss was obviously going to let him ponder that a moment, so he walked over to the back wall, judging how big the fireplace used to be.
While Karson worked, Bolson took the attention off of him. "That's an interesting idea," he said. "It's certainly not one we've had to think of out here."
"It might be doable, depending on what all you want," Karson said, looking back at them. "I'd want to see what it looks like inside there, but we might be able to convert most of the space in there to something to power all those extra amenities the scientists might come up with, and we can situate that in there in such a way that there's room for an escape route accessed through the washroom. I think using the entire space so you have a room to stand in, rather than leaving immediately, would make anyone after you ask the same questions you guys did that brought this all up, and a fake fireplace might be tough to hide as fake. But depending on what the scientists say when they can sit down with it, there might be something I could do. I kinda doubt anything would be put together quickly that I'd know the size and shape of to plan around while we're doing everything else, so for right now, I'd leave the chimney as-is, aside from assessing it for damage. But it might be doable down the line."