Go look then. I certainly can't stop you.

[And since she's apparently more interested in that than helping him out, and since he can't exactly help her right now, he settles back against the wall again. His little venting session left his leg a bit sore, so taking weight off it is beneficial.]

The pod, in case you didn't know, is that direction.

[He points with the end of his cane back behind him-- on the other side of the bubble he's trapped in.]