"Honesty's fine in my book." Chester responded. "I just wanted to make sure that you were comfortable or had any opinion... that's all." He looked at Natalia, attempting to read her emotions. Not that Chester was any good at that sort of thing, but... he didn't know the whole story, but if she wasn't jumping at the chance to go back to Baticul, Chester reasoned that she must have had a reason. He also had Arche to think about, never mind what to do about Fon Master Ion, Colette, and Philia.

"I'm thinking maybe Sheridan... I don't know anybody there, but we'd be at least able to keep the Fon Master safe and regroup a bit to decide our next move, if that's all right with you. I've yet to pitch the idea to the others, but..."