And I assumed that would be the case, as they'd have no reason to linger.

[Rei's brow furrows, plainly hurt by the implication. She was wrong, she'd prefaced every statement with 'I think' anyway, but she'd guessed wrong.]

How could I have known they would do something like this? They came looking for something, we gave it to them so they wouldn't do more harm, and...that's not really a deal. [she slumps.] Apparently we made them too happy.