[He hopes, vaguely, that he hasn't just accidentally programmed her or something – here's hoping that Skyloft's no Skynet – but there isn't really much else for it, is there?

Adam's frown deepens as she continues with her explanation and there's a pause before he finally says, at length:] Probably for the best that way.

[It's one thing to be the biggest baddest kid on the playground, but quite another to make oneself a target with little to back up that swagger. A more organized ship might end up the former– but as things are, he suspects that the latter is more along the lines of what'd happened with Caduceus.]

Can't say I'm surprised, though. Trying to keep even a small squad together is a job on its own – a crew this size, made up of people who're only reluctantly working together? "Optimization" isn't the first thing I'd be worried about.

[He says, sounding as if he's speaking somewhat from experience– and he is.]