[This time she doesn't even respond, rolling her eyes and letting out a huff of air that might be a laugh. It's chased away quickly, however, by further questions--not that she minds, them, really, it just reminds her of what she's supposed to be doing, back home. How it still doesn't sit right with her, that she's settled down here instead of fighting tooth and nail to get back.

Even her excuse that she's protecting the other Summoned and the people of the Commune feels hollow, when she remembers everyone back at BASE. Explaining it is even more difficult.]

Neither? We had a base of operations, for...something we were working on. I did a lot of traveling, and I picked people up along the way.

[Like-minded individuals who she could trust with her mission. She'd been getting better at that, before arriving here.]