Tayrey sees it differently. She thinks those decisions will ultimately be made by their rescuers. It'll be their ship, after all, and their choice who boards it - but certain decisions can be primed for. Encouraged. It's why she and Cassandra are carefully curating the data they'll be sending out, omitting any mixed messages. It's why Tayrey's positioning herself and her trusted allies as the ones to talk to or to negotiate an agreement with, since they're the ones who called for assistance. Who wanted it - needed it, badly.

Nothing is guaranteed, but she's at least giving probability a good nudge in the right direction.

She gives Fever a curt nod. Yes, she considers all angles. She knows where her red lines are, the ones she won't cross no matter what happens. And she knows what's negotiable.

'Of course. I won't falter at a critical moment because a decision isn't easy,' she says simply. 'But we'd do better to focus on the practical problems.'