Annie sat up slowly placing her hands on her knees and made eye contact with Bonnie. The woman's form might have taken her aback were she not a SLA operative, however this burning red form was similar to the Ebon and Brain Wasters she encountered using Red Thermal. Their rage would wash over them like fire, burning everything they touched. She had become to familiar with quenching that flame and on occasion she relished it. Today however, the red glow from the being of light washed over her skin and reflected back from her eyes but still left her feeling numb.
"I think talking is a good start." she began to speak. "I think instinctively knowing that you came from Higgs' station has made me unconsciously distrustful and my actions to protect myself and another have quite rightly upset you."
She shook her head, leaning back into the bench and crossing her palms on her lap, "I want to communicate, hopefully find some common ground and then look at a way forward where this mess of who distrusts who can become a relationship of trust. I don't need you to like me, but I do want to understand you more and how we can move forward without feeling like I need to look over my shoulder."
Annie smiled, thin and professional.. "I would hope that feeling is mutual, but I understand if it isn't."