Rita scoffs, shaking her head. There's a pause before she bothers vocalizing the cause for that reaction.

"...9S got left behind in Shabon, when we were all captured. Sure, that means he didn't have to go through everything that happened in Polaris, but... he's probably still stuck there, with no idea where we are or if we're okay..."

It's frustrating, not being able to just go there, to tell him she's all right, to bring him back with her...