Who else could have so much information about the people here - even if some of it is probably made up? [ Ned isn't going to be fooled by that little dodge of referring to 'the scientists' in the first line as if they were someone else. Obviously their captors would want to disguise the origin of the missive as far as they could]

[ As for courage, Ned likes the sound of that. Much better than 'damage control' or 'getting it over with in a contained way while there is at least a shred of order still operating in this place' ] ...Thanks.

No. Not often. In fact I try to avoid doing it at all as a general rule.