Slow nod.

"It bothers Dusk, too. But they'll get better, it just takes time and practice."

Nod nod. "We will try our best to help."

"Mm. Be patient with it, okay? It's not obvious why we should think about those things, either."

"For the record. I was upset that the opportunity of figuring this stuff out was denied to you in the first place."

"Mmhmm. Well, we're doing what we can about it."

Nod.

"That's all you can expect of yourself, really."

"Don't worry. I understand."

"All right." Flying.

Flying inside a shuttle isn't the same thing as flying under your own power but it's way more practical.

Yup.

It's still a few hours' trip.

Dusk is waiting for them at the other end.

Of course she is. Does she want to be introduced to the droids?

Seems likely, given how she's approaching the ship.

The blue astromech sees her coming and beelines for the cargo hold, beeping in alarm.

Is anyone else inclined to follow the blue astromech example?

Nope.

Okay. Does Dusk want to introduce herself to the droids personally or just wants to know who is who?

Well, the first thing she does when she boards the ship is look for Daisy. "Hey, Love, all well?"

"Mmhmm. This is Nine, the friend I was worried about, and JL-1UW-2AY, and his friend 51-DB6-EY6 is in the back - he's scared of you. The rest are all recently wiped; we ended up getting as many as we could."

"Mmhmm." She looks them over. "...don't mouse bots have that hivemind thing?"

"Do they? Oh dear. I can go back for the other one."

"Should we go back now?"

"Hivemind?"

"I don't actually know much about it, I just read about it once - you need three or four of them working together to actually do anything. I'm not even sure whether one more would be an improvement. Ask him?"