[ That's a sentiment Makoto can certainly relate to -- as...troubling as it is to be away from home, it means more than she can say that she doesn't have to do this alone. That some of her team is here. They've faced so much together already. Surely, this isn't anything they can't handle together.

So she exhales quietly, schooling her emotions to better confront the topic at hand. ]

Does he, now? I'm surprised she'll talk to anyone, given she didn't seem to think a conversation was important before bringing us here. [ Honestly. Couldn't she have at least asked? ] I'll have to ask him later about her later.

[ They should have a formal meeting, of course, to discuss strategy. Makoto has hardly been here a handful of minutes and already she is formulating ideas. ]

So...Joker, Skull, Panther, and Queen. Half our ranks, but we're a resourceful group.