Hera musters up a faint smile, huffing out a breath of what isn't quite laughter.

"I know it's not the same, but I feel that way, too, sometimes. Or I have, about the mission. So it's lucky we found each other, hm? We're already in as much trouble as we can be, for what we know. And what we do."

Well, almost in as much trouble, given the thing they don't talk about. But --