Alphys is, in fact, close by. She tries to do something, get back to the papers she was organizing, but she just ends up re-piling them though about five different sorting systems before Sav speaks, causing her to jump a bit and scatter them slightly.

“Uh— yeah! Totally not doing anything.” She pulls her phone out of her pocket, not sure if it would be better to call on Rey’s, but pushes it aside. “Who?”