It seems that Watchdog is leading the group away from the detention level, toward a conference room at the end of a hall branching off of the main reception area.
None of the other visitors in the Vector Sigma chamber seem to hear Kitai, so absorbed in their own studies as they are.
“Very interesting,” Vector Sigma comments. “Well, now I have so many questions for you, visitor. Quintessons have visited Kaon before, but none have ever been as well-behaved as you.”