Answers outside of solid physical proof? Oh god, it was the aliens, wasn't it. Avery had shown Lyra that dumb list of UFO sightings in New York and got her spooked, and then they'd met and he'd probably told her some crazy shit about lizard people and half-convinced her that the Goldenhawks were shapeshifting aliens. Rosario could see it happening. Lyra wasn't dumb, not one bit, but she'd never let facts get in the way of a good adventure.
"They're not aliens," Rosario said briskly. Trying for a joke, she added, "Rich people just be like that."