[ the shift won't go unnoticed. before she was the starstruck's captain, she was its comms officer -- she is deeply acquainted with the ways in which these messages get encrypted. she watches the feed change. she knows something must therefore be coming.

but she doesn't expect this. huh. ]

That's -- harder to answer than it ought to be. [ truth is, she's happier here. but peggy doesn't know how to articulate that answer. so instead. ] But I'm doing fine back home. Things might seem bleak but -- I've been told they improve.