Despite the very obvious signs that Ace is reacting to something external, Block manages to misinterpret the sudden hiccup in Ace's biomonitor readings as a mini-seizure. As he starts to do one more check of his patient, the words Mr. X is saying finally wiggle their way into his brain ... and he figures out the reason for really caused the biomonitor blip.

Before the words Mr. X has spoken register in Block's mind, the dwarf thinks to himself, "Wow, look at that crowd! I should definitely do the sales pitch for Doc Wagon", but then he realizes what Mr. X has actually said, and that it would not fit the narrative our leader is setting forth.

So instead, he takes the hint about those with magical abilities and scans around the place using Assensing.

What he really wants to know is - are the members of the mob also spider-things? If so, he let's out a, "Uh-oh. Not good!" into the team channel, and shifts himself to a position with some cover from the mob.