She lets out a long, low whistle. "That...well, I guess that explains why everyone coming home was in a mood to raise Cain."

She's quiet for a few moments, processing that. Tools. They'd been told they were less than persons, then used as tools in a game between larger forces. Not altogether different than how Stacy treats and uses them. Their own lives, agendas, interests, have little matter in the grand scheme of things, where powers on high have entire armies to smash against each other like children with toy cars.

Typical. She should stop being surprised at this.

"You must have a lot of faith in me to think I can tell Marco what to do."