"Some people won't, no, but they'll probably want to know more of why this happened in the first place, and likely then they'll shift the blame to someone that knew what you could do. But I figure that by this time, they'll understand that wasting time arguing about this kind of stuff makes us a target for worst things to happen."

She'd make sure she was heard if it came to that, she was certain, and if she had to defend him?

Well. She'd see what would happen first. Hopefully it wouldn't come to that.

She sighed. "I thought you would have figured that out already. If I can help on this ship, do something that makes things a little better, I'll do it. That's all. Besides, do you think you should be blamed for something that wasn't under your control?"