[Radiation?! Mars stands ramrod straight, blinking in surprise. That was not really the thing she expected to hear.]

...What...happened? Hell, did a nuclear war take place on your world?

[That was something Rei had lived in fear of, in her childhood. Growing up in the 80s was hard. But living in space.]

And...Earth? You're heading to Earth? [Otherwise why would she say that.]

I mean, there's no need to hope though. I'm from Earth. Sort of, it's complicated, but I grew up there. There are plenty of places like this.