She had a good point about everyone being on the same team. The air here definitely was much more relaxed, much more cooperative then he was used to. No fear, no paranoia, people actually working with one another and having fun together, no strings attached... Maybe he's been too uptight about all of this.

"Hm... I guess I hadn't thought about it that way." She seemed amiable enough, not even giving him a second thought that he might do something to betray her or worse.

"No, not really. Living on edge for a while tends to cloud your perspective of people, that's all." He gives a rare honest smile before he's ready to drop it and move on. "Can you tell me about these missions? How do they work? How do you know when it's done? Has anyone died on one before?"