Allenby took the jack, rolling it around in her fingers. She kind of liked the spiky feeling, even if she wasn't yet sure how to get a zero-g technique out of it--it could still be good for when she had to fight on the ground.

She held in a comment that Setsuna didn't seem to like talking about anything. Allelujah's thoughts weren't too far from her own; Allenby didn't know what kind of motive could possibly excuse the murder of trillions. But that they could be communicated with at all was still something she took as a sign of hope.

"I dunno, honestly. I don't think I could forgive 'em for that, not unless they undo what they did. But it's still better than what we had before. And even if they won't budge, I bet we can find away around them if we talk to them enough."