[ Steve can't say he knows much about Jo's background or what she's been through before arriving here, but the fact that she can handle that smell without retching or coughing says a lot.

Not that he's going to ask. He doubts either of them want to talk about even more death on top of what's already been shoved in their faces. ]

... Yeah. I didn't go to that one either. [ And from what he's heard, it's a good thing he didn't. He crosses his arms and shakes his head, working at the sand beneath his foot with the sole of one shoe. ] Neither of them were great people, but this still rubs me the wrong way. Making a spectacle of it.

[ He knows that public executions used to be commonplace on Earth too, at least in some areas, but that doesn't mean he has to like this. ]