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[ she doesn't respond right away. at first, it's because she isn't certain how to reply and then it's because her voice will give her away. but this is seven. if anyone might understand it would be the members of jean-luc's crew she's actually met... and if there's anyone she wouldn't mind talking about things like this with, if only because they will neither judge her nor offer sympathy for sympathy's sake, it's data and seven. that isn't to say that she thinks more or less of them than anyone else, but it's different and not because they are not human enough. they are simply different and their world views are different and right now, helen does not want sympathy or pity. she might need the former, but she does not want it.
even so, she knows she won't be taking any of this well and so she locks her response. ]
Thank you. I am sorry for the loss of yours.
[ yes, she's aware of jean-luc's disappearance, but if she addresses it on a personal level, she'll crack even more than she has already and that's the last thing she wants. ]