[Angela leans close, inspecting the object critically. Past being told that it's for stabilizing the Fissure, she can't possibly begin to discern what exactly it does.]

[When she straightens up again, she tilts her head inquiringly.]

Do you need assistance? Either in rounding up other displaced people, assuming I am not the only one, or in placing these devices? And if I may ask, what exactly do these do?