Angel's shouldered sagged as she breathed out a sigh of relief. Considering the fact that she'd only been there a handful of minutes, it was hard to tell just what kind of world she was in. True, no one had eaten someone else in the past few minutes either -- a record on Pandora, by her estimation. But lack of cannibalism did not necessarily make for a pleasant place. She half expected to be skewered for so much as hesitating in making her decision.

The fact that she hadn't been had to say something, right?

"You must be doing a wonderful job then," she said. Realizing that her tone might have come off as slightly snippy or sarcastic, she quickly began speaking once more. "I mean it -- nothing has happened here, is all. Perfectly safe, it is."