[ kitty's comfort she can take, even welcome, even through how shaken she feels it does little. she blinks and swallows at the smile, but even despite that small olive branch, she's stiff and still in her seat, her expression set in a visage of calm control. but she doesn't feel necessarily in control. it's on the tip of elena's tongue to ask more about this defense force, to know what they have found...
any semblance of pretending to know how to handle this is out the window when kitty utters the last. ] What?