As Solomon left, a bunch of the people gathered around also left, some giving Blythe strange looks, judging her for her 'unpatriotic' statements; while others muttered under their breath things along the lines, "Man that guy's an asshole."

Israfil and Claire arrived in the hangar.  Israfil looked up at Orpheus, reminding himself that it was a machine of death.  He looked around, seeing the engineering crew hard at work repairing what minor damage was sustained by the cogs that hadn't been healed by Asteria.  "Well, I'll get into Orpheus and start doing some training sims.  I'll keep the comm open if you want to chat," he said to Claire.