"Except they're part of us, and if we spend all our time out-thinking each other, we're going to get even less done than we have." Collette sighs, shaking her head. "We need to negotiate. Better yet, actually listen to each other! They say no one's doing anything... do they see what Caesar's been doing? Blue? Jaime? Or is it just because results take time and people are gathering up information before charging off into anything that they think it's nothing?"

Because a rover sitting outside, dead or alive, isn't the threat to her that it seemed to be used as. Why would it be surprising? Nothing about their leaving the atmosphere had been subtle.