User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E5 - χeep μoving φorward - Impressions/Recap/@comment-34633327-20171116024032

A lot of the things you said I can agree with, but there are two things:

1.) I think the little umbrella's is just too much being read into it, since Nebula was a character created by a contest winner and likely won't be reappearing in the show (NDGO didn't show up for the Battle of Beacon, but then again, neither did BRNZ, but at least they have the excuse of a member being snatched by a death bird).

Even if she does return though, it could just be subtle forshadowing to Sun's relation to Vacuo when it comes time to go there. Remember, we have practically nothing on Sun's life in Vacuo, why he left, and who he knew there, and the cast will have to go to Vacuo eventually, so if Sun is still around, they may explore then. NDGO comes from there too, so Sun's arc may involve Nebula, and this is subtle foreshadowing for down the line. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.

2.) Regarding them communicating, I don't think they were actually talking with Adam, but just watching a recording.  Adam actually talking didn't seem to me like him talking directly too them anyway, more like a clip from a message playing back.  The stand says "Message End", so it could be like "Video Message" instead of "Voice Message", and the message was sent by Adam's forces to the Menagerie base, like how people used to mail VHS' to people (God I'm only 19 yet I feel old all of a sudden). It could just be a messanger ran it to them and went back. A tad impractical, but with no CCT, which they mention in the episode soon after, it may be warranted. The trek doesn't even seem to be a problem for them. We don't know how long they knew about Ghira's courier, but they still sent Yuma to kill him and had him come back in assumedly just a few days, since there was no mentioned time gap.