[She hadn't forgotten what he had told her during their jinba jaunt. It's easy to imagine the emotional scars he much have even if perhaps she's never experienced any with quite their depth herself. With her bag finished she turns to help with his, quiet for a moment as she thinks it over.]

... A community then? Something more united than what they have now?

[She pauses again. Alice forever seems to be weighing over her thoughts though she gives quick enough answers. Everything taken seriously and replied to in the same manner.]

Something like it used to be certainly. Better housing, parks and gardens ...

[Lower Kowloon does complicate that of course. And she well knows there must be those who hold court in Kowloon who would be unwilling to give that up. That had never stopped her before though and now she nods, brightening up immediately.]

Perhaps we can begin working on several things then. I was already patrolling Springstar before all of this so I have no problems doing so now. If Skysong won't give this place it's protection then we'll do so ourselves.

[And she says it with such confidence too.]