The fact is, it was never a matter of cruelty to her. Or even dismissal. On one end of things, she had been the one to explain to these two about what the ritual was doing-just without the added understanding that leaving without would mean the end of everything. Beyond that...it's difficult for her to imagine wanting anything else, now. Even with how deliberately she keeps from looking to Jack, how deeply she wonders and hopes that it can be possible for the others to forget what she herself had done-the idea of just ending it all is foreign.

It is an almost Fae-like, perhaps ACTUALLY fae-like thought, but the minute there was something that seemed feasible for the Ringmaster to solve, it was easier to simply suggest that and be done with. If the Ringmaster could fix it after all, why wouldn't that be the answer? It should have been the answer, the easiest one, and as Taako talks to Foster, the initial sting of Psi's words fades.

The sting was there however, just as much as Gongenzaka's brief stiffening stance and shock-a sting that left her looking back to Psi with hurt, and confusion, as if to say and how am I being cruel?

This is hardly the time for such things. Carly steels herself, and looks away, keeping focus on the fire wall meant to bolster any defenses they may well need as they search for that stone.