There is something in the way he speaks that makes her shake her head, almost like she can hear that barely there smile without looking. Or maybe it was the comment about him adapting. She wasn't sure. And that lack of surety bothered her far less than it would him.

Words bubble up then, teasing words, light-hearted. The words are almost out of place for such a serious situation, but they feel appropriate. "Of that I have no doubt." She very nearly grins then, her body language reading relaxed and lacking in the tension she'd had when they began their conversation.

It would come back, but for the moment it was nice to feel sort of free in the company of a comrade.