"I gathered that. At least, I figured that if I didn't..." Ripley found it hard to say the next words, not without that odd clacking of her tongue and her throat clamping up. "Newt didn't either." She wanted to know how, but was afraid to ask. Given her history, she figured how it happened. That damn Queen laid eggs on the Sulaco. Or they somehow figured out how to fly ships off LV-426. What else was there? Some random ship crash? Did someone sabotage their freezers?
She caught sight of his cigarettes. "Can I get one of those before you tell me what happened?"