[The tension in the room leaves, and Trish's shoulders slump with some relief she wasn't expecting.
Trish waves a loose hand at Alina.]
Don't worry. I wouldn't have come back here to talk to you if I wanted to make a spectacle of it.
[She can be mean, but not that mean! Or that willing to spite everyone else, since Alina is correct that this shouldn't spread around.]
If there's any comfort to be found here, it's going to come from our little group, and not aliens sitting comfortably in their gilded castle.
[And probably not the survivors of the Adamant either, even if their company isn't terrible. It's still too distant to be real camaraderie.]
The fact you say as much only proves that to be true.
[The Thessyx were honestly cruel getting people's hopes up that aid would come. There was clearly a price attached if they did, and there's no anticipating what that could be. Anyways, Trish watches Alina curiously. A familiar face, and yet one she finds she hasn't put a name to yet.]
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Trish waves a loose hand at Alina.]
Don't worry. I wouldn't have come back here to talk to you if I wanted to make a spectacle of it.
[She can be mean, but not that mean! Or that willing to spite everyone else, since Alina is correct that this shouldn't spread around.]
If there's any comfort to be found here, it's going to come from our little group, and not aliens sitting comfortably in their gilded castle.
[And probably not the survivors of the Adamant either, even if their company isn't terrible. It's still too distant to be real camaraderie.]
The fact you say as much only proves that to be true.
[The Thessyx were honestly cruel getting people's hopes up that aid would come. There was clearly a price attached if they did, and there's no anticipating what that could be. Anyways, Trish watches Alina curiously. A familiar face, and yet one she finds she hasn't put a name to yet.]