"Oh. I-" She pauses, wraps her arms around herself, ducking her head. "...Can we go home?" (She feels even more out of place now, with that new knowledge.)

She shakes her head and steps in to hug her. "We have to wait for it to cool down. But we can go back to the private room, if you don't want to be around other people."

"M'sorry, please?"

"It's fine." Squeeze. "Let's go ask Marisel to let us in."

Daisy keeps an arm around Rhoda's shoulder as they go; they have to wait a minute for the librarian to finish helping someone, but she's quickly done, and turns the key over to the droid. "Are you all right, dear?" she asks, before they leave.

"I- yes, ma'am," she replies, pauses. "A bit overwhelmed," she admits quietly. (She doesn't think that's giving too much away.)

"All right. I hope you feel better."

"Thank you, ma'am."

And back they go.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

She shakes her head, but it's less of a 'no', and more of a not knowing how to talk about it.

"All right."

"It is okay, for Pradnakt. She's happy to have you, but she was fine before, too."

She nods slowly. "I just- I feel- safe? With you, and her. And- And I don't want to-" She isn't sure how to finish that sentence. "And everyone's making assumptions, and I don't know if Pradnakt would mind that?"

Daisy isn't hugging her; this needs to be fixed immediately. "You are safe with us. And - It'd only bother Pradnakt a little, that people are making wrong assumptions about you, but if it bothers you, that matters too."

She cuddles into Daisy. "I- Just. Don't really like being noticed? This much?" Shrugs as best she can in the hug. "S'not that big a thing."

"Mmhmm. But it still matters, even if it doesn't matter very much." Squeeze. "It's fine. We can stay right here for the rest of the day."

"Thank you," she says earnestly.

"You're welcome."

She pauses a minute, letting Rhoda settle, and then starts reciting her favorite story, from home.

Rhoda relaxes slowly against her as Daisy recites the story, a small smile forming on her face.

Much better. They can stay that way a while; Rhoda's favorite isn't a long story, exactly, but she knows plenty of them.

"Did you want to bring any books home? I can go get some for you to look at, or ask Marisel to bring us some."

Her grip on Daisy tightens slightly before she noticeably makes herself relax. "Mmm, some of the science books? I- The stuff about the engines was really interesting?"

"All right." Squeeze. "I'll ask Marisel for some, and I'll be right back. Okay?"

She nods slowly, takes a moment longer to pull back, but looks fairly calm when she does. "Okay."

"All right." One more squeeze, and then she goes; she's only gone for a few minutes.

While Daisy's gone, she breathes, and reminds herself that she's okay, that she'd know if anything was going to happen. She's still calm enough when Daisy gets back.

Good. "Marisel will bring us some books in a while. Would you like another story while we wait?"

"Please?" she requests, smiling slightly.