It ain't optimism, it's a promise. [ Her voice is firm. They're going to be rescued any day now, and they're going to be okay, because that is what the Singularity wants. And what the Singularity wants, the Singularity will get, as far as Julie is concerned. Also, faith in the search teams, the healers, blah blah, that too.

She listens to him and nods, though she's more focused on cleaning off the areas around the lesions. Not because she thinks they can get infected in the Horizon or that it will clean them in the real world. No, it's because, as each one is cleaned, she lays her palm flat over it, directs that warmth through her arm. ] Yeah, someone mentioned that earlier. Don't worry. The search team has more mages and firepower behind 'em than they can shake a stick at. They'll be all right.

[ It's said mostly to calm him. The more he continues to be panicked, the more likely it is he'll lose the concentration to keep him here. But she does believe it. She has to believe it because she might actually lose her mind if her two people don't make it back. ]

Just try to relax for now. [ She glances at his face as she cleans another wound. ] D'you want any wine or water? Food?