"Too bad you're not a woman. We're supposed to be good at multitasking." It was an attempt at a joke, but her tone was too bland. In a way she was feeling quite a bit like Peter right now, not sure how useful she could really be on this mission. The chances that they'd need a negotiator or an emergency dream dive did not seem particularly high today.

Hence the small talk. "That was Reflect you were working on, right? I wonder if I should learn that one. It might make several people feel a bit better..."