[ Their history aside, all the downtime they had in the fleet it was still riddled with suspicion and paranoia of the Atroma's motives and all that went with it. ]

It is... kinder. Although if we had arrived here without our prior connections intact it may have been more difficult to accept.

[ Which was still a terrifying thought. ]

But because we did... we've taken to things with more ease, haven't we? Weird it may be, but we were able to find a house, create a business, enjoy and even share our cats. We did not have to struggle for finding our bonds because we were not alone when we arrived. That is the difference.