Ales eyed Ellie as she abruptly walked away from the meeting until she was out. There was no point in calling back someone that wouldn't cooperate. He turned back to the others and shrugged. Her loss.

"She does have a point: Palitutu might be counting on us to find those machines for her, but we can't sit back and hope she doesn't come across them herself. I say that we prepare in the event that Palitutu shows up and claims the weapons for her own."