Good call not giving Ione space to ask what Ione would have asked.

"I've never worked alone," she says in a way that almost sounds like it could be a confession. "It was a relief to find out I'd be part of a team here, even if it's not the people I'm used to being sent through dimensional rifts with. Always helps to shake things up, yeah?"

Ione would like to hope that saying that enough will make it true.