[ ... Ah. Well, she can't say it's unexpected. He's new. He doesn't know so, really, she doesn't take any offense. Her expression does falter just a tiny bit but she tries to stay smiling. ]

That's the hope. Don't know if it'd actually work, but... [ A pause, considering how to word this so he doesn't feel bad. ] It'd be better than the alternative.

There's nothing for me back home. Pretty sure that even before all this, I didn't make it out of a pretty bad situation alive. So, even if my world was restored or, y'know, whatever they're hoping to do- I don't think I'd be. [ And for a while, she just... accepted that. Seteth's been helping her hope for a better future though. ]