Ronon looked at the woman before shifting his gaze up to the tablet hanging above her. "A joke," he repeated. Knowing the people of Atlantis as he did, he found it hard to believe that anyone would do something like that as a joke. Especially not the whole science department. Fred and Radek might do it to Rodney, but he doubted that they'd do it to anyone else. Especially a newcomer.
Pulling out his knife, Ronon jumped up on the bench and reached up over the woman. Since he was taller than her, he was able to grab the tablet while he used the knife to cut through the rope.
Once he got it free, he passed the tablet down to the scientist and then jumped down. He tossed his knife once in the air and put it away.