Ellie considers not telling her. If she has noticed, she's being kind enough to give Ellie some wiggle room, to get out of it. All told this is a mild reaction, given what happened the last time she was surprised with this kind of stuff.

At least they didn't hear a space launch.

"Yeah," she says, more a gasp than a word, and she holds it in the back of her throat for a second, hands in her pockets, jogging her leg.

"Yeah. I just... it's been a- this place reminds me of somebody I lost. So."