Zouichi gave Alendian a nod of farewell, paused for a moment before turning to Ildraniath. He wasn't quite sure what to say. Express surprise that invisible Eldar were hanging out in his backyard?

In the end he settled on, "Are you all right?"

Alendian's disdain, in and of itself, didn't really matter to him. But she was the only other Eldar awake on the ship. And to Ildraniath, her people meant everything.