Swamped

(Behold, it is I, the call from the void.)

You know what? Maybe it WAS a bad idea to bring Ash in. You're not really sure what they could really do to help at this point. Your mistake. If they were going to split, now is probably the time, since you have important things to do, and don't need someone holding you back on account of them being incapable of doing anything useful for your situation.

or, if you don't like that incredibly rude option:

I'unno. Maybe Ash would find it inconvenient if the 'Silent One' started freaking out loudly? I haven't been paying attention. I'm not clear why Ash was in on this. But if he was gonna split, probably would have done so already? Maybe they just need a reason to feel useful and stick around. Busy work is still work.

Yeah. that's probably more reasonable for whoever is intercepting this call from the void. Also you really need to do something about the paper. How about throw something over it? Shift the box over it? Shrug.