[color=6ecff6]"Already prepared,"[/color] Feanulde replied over the channel, having retreated to the safety of fiddling with her own suit after her stressful conversation earlier. She had to admit, the machine made her feel just a bit more in control of her life. The elf hadn't actually spoken to Silverwind yet about certain issues, however. She justified this to herself with the excuse that it would likely be more distracting than useful to know. 

Speaking of distractions. Her mind was wandering away from her current task. [i][color=6ecff6]Focus.[/color][/i] She ran through the final steps of her startup checklist - largely brief checks on auxiliary sensors - before stepping forward. Despite her aversion to standing on the front line, she positioned herself just behind Silverwind. [color=6ecff6]"Starting environmental scans. . . now."[/color] It never hurt anyone to have too much information about their surroundings, after all.