She frowned at the snort and implication, well aware that he didn't mean to offend, but instinctively feeling a surge of annoyance. "How else are you going to feel when someone you care about is being sent on a mission that could mean their death? You can't prevent it, you can't stop it. You have to wait. Sometimes there's no action you can take."

She crossed her arms over her chest, trying not to be rattled by this or by any of what was happening. "How are we going to find what the source is? Can we eve see these spores?"

It was an odd thing to say. "No one else is counting on you? What do you mean?"