[ Coming out of strange circumstances right into these circumstances... she's learned to have a flexible enough mind to stop dismissing what seems improbable out of hand. Then again, children can often adapt how they think to accept things beyond their normal as long as they're not deadset against it.

She scoots around, bringing her knee back up so she can cross her arms over them again, she resists an urge to frown. ]

I didn't know it was the air we had trouble with beyond the colony.

[ Just that Maris had said they had trouble beyond the colony, on the world proper. Just what had been stated in the document Athena shared. ]

Mm... We're still working for them, in a case like that. Because we're not just allowed to freeload... even the kids aren't said, "We'll take care of you." That's other people saying, "We'll help you out." If you're rescuing people, leaving them in a weird place far from home, do you sit back and ignore them after they're rescued? Why rescue them in the first place if you don't know how to get their homes back?