[She holds a hand up and ducks her bruised face, feeling the tension in that statement perhaps more than is actually there.]

Alright, alright, I guess maybe this isn't the right place to be asking. I didn't mean to barge in, I just... I don't know what the fuck is going on and people talking about other people just disappearing is freaking me out. I haven't been here long.

[That, admitted in a hesitant manner. Should she be admitting this? If there are less than a hundred people living in this tree and around it, she feels like maybe she'd better put her chips in. She's already tried living on the outside... she's seen what that gets her.]