I won't be cooped up here. I'll be down in Subspace. Or on the Extranet.

[It's a gentle correction, one meant to try and lift his spirits just as much as her own. His indignation over the situation makes me smile -- just having him get that worked up over people treating her differently is enough to get her through the rest of the mission.]

Being in plain sight up here could endanger the mission. You know that, and I know that.

[She turns her smile up to him, more understanding than it had been a few minutes ago. She's grown past being a petty child needing things explained to her, after all. If she had to slum it for a few weeks...well, it wasn't like she hadn't done it before. And it was still better than Zygeria.]

It'll be fine.