Tara and Noah
Her lips tugged briefly into something like a smile that never came near her eyes, which were still a little wide and while not quite panicked, not anywhere near calm either. "I have a thousand questions," she admitted. "But most of them start with why and how and I figure no one can answer those." Not for lack of wanting, she was sure, but simple lack of knowledge on that front. Who knew why, who knew how, who knew anything? People had explained what they knew, and she'd have to content herself with that and just ... live through things. Deal, endure, whatever else she had to do to be a good, obedient little victim.
That thought did grate on her some. Shouldn't she be fighting this somehow? But how? She'd been awake less than twelve hours, and she was kind of surprised she was even a little bit functional let alone attending a gathering. Even if she was doing a good job of holding up the wall.
"It's weird," she admitted, nearly adding on 'why would they want to' before catching herself. What was the point of speculation?
Her lips parted as he explained his situation before she closed them again, her brow furrowing. That was ... that was a long span. She almost asked where he'd been in the gap days before thinking better of it. Maybe he didn't want to say, but more than that, maybe she didn't want to know. Knowledge was power, and she planned on amassing some, but ... not yet. Soon, but not yet. It meant climbing over her anti-invasion stance, and she wasn't real sure she could be the prying sort, but if asking questions was going to save her skin, well, maybe she'd learn how to do that.
Pressing her lips together briefly, she fidgeted slightly before glancing up to him. "How bad does it get?" She asked softly. "Have ... has anyone ..." She trailed off, a frown on her lips. "Sorry. Not a party topic, I guess." And it really wasn't. But she sort of wanted to know how high her risk of demise was. Did she get points for trying, for wanting to comply even if she couldn't? Had people died here? They were questions that had been plaguing her since earlier in the day, but not ones she'd been able to bring herself to ask.