[ it's a little like she's disappointed he gave her nothing to do -- but more like she doesn't know what to do with herself if she's not running around. she hovers awkwardly instead, staring down at her feet while he drinks his water. both of them, not being able to meet each other's eyes. what a pair of dorks. ]

[ her eyes do snap up in surprise, though. that's awkward. ]

It's not your fault! [ she blurts out right away, a little defensively, even!! ] You didn't do anything wrong!

[ but, uh, yeah, that's a little awkward to address. she thinks about playing along and keeping quiet --- it might panic him if he knows his corpse was out chilling for two days, but that wouldn't be right. she doesn't want to lie to him. ]

Umm.... not exactly. Maru fell, and afterwards, home base couldn't get us for a while. [ she bits her lip. ] But you're.... okay, right? Relatively?