Scene 4.3: The Aftermath
Nenanero could do little but listen. She needed to know their opinions, and hearing them out all at once was faster than searching their minds one by one. There was still much that she did not understand about humans - which was perhaps the best argument against her leading them. But some of them didn't seem to want a leader at all, or thought they were not worthy of one - as near as she could tell.
She watched, inscrutably, as Abigail ran out, then, after a short pause, turned to Sophia. "You do not have to follow orders blindly. But we need to coordinate our actions better in the field. Our plan worked as far as getting out the hostages went. It was what we did beyond that, that went awry, because we lost track of what the others were doing."
The alien paused, finishing some mental calculations, then glanced at Warp. "As for myself, I should not have let you have all the attention. If she did not fire on you, you would not have panicked. I did not realise that you were in that much pain. What were you trying to do back then, anyway?" Psychological warfare she could understand - she used it herself, just earlier in the fight - but that was not what they needed then...