[ She doesn't mind! In fact, if he's close enough, she may bump her shoulder into his (gently) in a friendly manner with his fussing into a smaller size. Humans were creatures that needed contact, after all. ]

Very smooth, the way you redirected that back at me.

[ That smile quirks up into something a little more playful, pulling her knees up to wrap her arms around, resting her cheek on them to turn and watch him. ]

Is it so ambitious? Perhaps for the entire ship, but I will be glad to start with just my friends. Some of them are family to me. Some I haven't seen in a very long time; I don't know how we'll all reconnect with everything between us. We have each other and our predicament in common, though. So it's a start.

[ Some of them have already (quite literally) been at each other's throats. She has a lot to work with. ]

Are you close to any of those you know? If your briefing lasted a few hours, I wonder if you weren't in trouble.