Remember he wanted Matlock to be cracked though. Maybe he wants this one to be cracked as well eventually.
Q responded to a cryptic post. Now everyone and their mother are trying to post cryptic messages too distract. That's all this is.
He opened it again but it's been stale since then.
Interesting. When they had the toy drone that got too close to the palace they took the royals up in that as a safe holding place.