Sometimes, the spark just lit right. Something in her face changed when Shoutarou mentioned the robot attack, and she turned her head away with a grunt.

"Well, ya seemed close-knit, so I think ya would've found out by now if they'd been hurt." Not even Ellyn was callous enough to mention anything worse. Most of the cleanup had been done by that point, hadn't it?

"Ain't gonna tell ya not ta worry, 'cuz that's how ya are, but they might'a jus' needed a rest. An' that means they'll be back at some point, ya know? Ya got a right ta feel like ya do, jus'...I dunno. They'd expect ya ta do yer best whether they were here or not, mebbe?"

Ellyn grimaced, and knocked back some of her whiskey.