She exhaled, and the sound was almost pouty. It seemed nothing like her, and maybe that was the only clue to her agitation. People were worried about her. People she knew, like Li and Lotte. People she'd never met, like Daisy down the hall.
"Should I--" Her hand covered the mouthpiece in a brief smother, and a muffled frame of her words took over. "Tell him to skip me."
Drawing a breath, she resumed, "Should I take what they said seriously, Rick?"