The war room was scheduled to reconvene later. For now, Noah and Diana were walking side by side in a wide corridor on the fleet.
"That was brave," Noah said. "You coming up with a plan for us. I know what this means to you." He paused. "I know what Kruel means to you."
Diana kept walking. Her eyes stayed forward but something in her jaw moved.
"It means a lot to everyone," she said.
"Yeah," Noah said. "But not the same way."
She didn't argue with that. They walked for a bit in the particular quiet of two people who had known each other long enough that silence didn't need filling.
