[She's tempted to say "what did you expect?", and really, would it even have mattered if they did know him? They wouldn't be able to keep him here, he'd still be pulled back to the Barge when the Admiral decided it was time to leave. And wouldn't that be worse?
But she bites her tongue, wrestling with what to say next, here.]
[Private]
But she bites her tongue, wrestling with what to say next, here.]
Are you alright?