[The Adamant's crew were aware of the Thessyx already, true, but it didn't seem like they were great friends. Why else would the hatchlings have been kept in the dark about their existence? Perhaps the survivors simply didn't expect the Thessyx to be relevant.]

Otherwise they would not have come, [she agrees, touching her mouth in thought.]

We must appear to be under Childe's rule, if they would speak with her instead. There is no leader among us.