[ Curiously – the harshness is reassuring. More reassuring than it would've been for her to pretend she wasn't thinking as much, at the very least. Penelope might be crude and blunt in a number of ways that would keep her from ever finding footing in society as Mielle knows it back home, but at least she's relatively straightforward. ]

I just wish there was more we could do. For all everyone talks about making plans and fighting back... we're no closer to escaping from here than we were when we arrived. If anything... we're in a far worse position.