It's practically a slap in the face to her. Her eyes widen at his words before she almost looks like she'd cry. Her squad, her brothers are her everything. Dustin can't dismiss that so easily.

But there's some steel to her core and she won't let any tears fall so easily, brow furrowing as her lips press firmly in a line to stave off anything more. She sniffs, her face pulling into a frown.

"You don't know that," she says. Somehow she finds some ember of determination, kindling an almost knowing smile. But then that's just how much she believes that she'll be able to go back some day. She'd been apart from her brothers before. She'll find a way back to them again, however long it takes.

She saves Dustin the trouble of having to excuse himself from the conversation, pushing out from her seat. "At least I have one of my brothers here. I should get some food for Echo," she says as she takes up her plate.