Sonia's answering smile to that glib assessment is utterly bleak, but Vex has, at least, convinced her enough of her non-malicious intent that she reaches for one of the maple-flavored cookies on the plate, though a little tentatively. She'd never has hesitated back in camp. She hates how being in this base changes her.

"It sounds fascinating," she says, very sincerely, looking at Vex like she could construct a fantasy out of her. A new fantasy, to replace the one Byerly had shattered. Just as unreachable, just as untouchable, but a better image than here. A better thing to focus on. "It sounds like something I'd like to learn, if I could. Um...can anyone learn it?"