[ if she's being honest, they've gone from operating under the assumption that the other side always held more cards, to wondering if cards are even involved at all. she has no concept of what astoria wants, what qri wanted, but for as much as she doesn't like feeling hung out to dry, she knows roy hates it more.

but he's making a good point - she'd been there with them when they'd gone to get the boys, and while she hadn't seen the same things he had, she had seen what it had done to him. ]

With how far we are from home, would there even be laws forced on them? Or would all of that shift around too? [ a beat, where she's just looking at him, waiting to see if he had any answers, if there were any answers to be had.

considering how riza doesn't have an answer for that one question, the one on both of their minds - what happened to maes keeps her silent for just a few moments longer. through the comment about hell, through roy's frustration, until she simply nods.

they continue walking in silence for another few moments before she speaks again. ]

And if Astoria brings him here?