Asuna kept her smile and went back to her datapad. Shaa Raa's emotions were easy enough to read. Amused, a touch condescending, dismissive. Not contemplative. He had no idea what she was talking about, that much was obvious. Just as obvious was how little effort he'd put into figuring it out, yet he spoke like he knew where Asuna was going and made himself sound the fool.<br/>And he'd been showing such potential, too.<br/>Asuna stretched out her senses to brush the others in the room. The shaper, an unnatural hole that fidgeted uncertainly. The the gunslinger, projecting her lust where confidence should have lived. The officer, all business and no respect. The pilot, arrogant and bloodthirsty. The assassin, pretending to life and designed to end it.<br/>She wondered when she had signed up to play nursemaid to Team Emo. Idly she started designing a toy line based on them. 'Now with real brooding action!' sounded like a decent slogan.