Dakota almost falls about herself laughing at the captain's assumption that Ember is a regular, if exceptional human. Wow, what do you even say to that? she comments privately, but Ember merely smiles.

"Not a bad guess," she tells the captain, impressed. "Probably a little of both. Really, I appreciate your concern but I'm pretty tough. They'd find me quite difficult to chew."

She pats him friendlily on the shoulder and returns to the others.

"I'm not sure," she responds to Morkhut's question about funds. "Why don't we go and find out?"