She had misunderstood that bunkmate comment before, and now understanding it.... Life was so much easier back home, where everyone was trying to kill her. This was why she had told Krosp she wanted nothing to do with politics. People. Now that the headaches were gone, she could build machines, understand them... But people only got more confusing, not less.

"Since you seem to be willing to pretend to be more straight forward now, I'll ask a straight forward question. If you know you scare her, why did you come over here? Why that act?"

Not the act, an implication that she doesn't buy for a second that this is any more genuine than that had been. She isn't expecting an honest answer, but she is hoping to learn something about the situation any way.