[ At that, she tenses, and she takes another misstep. This time, she doesn't manage to catch herself as deftly, and the resulting stumble is a little bit harder for her to recover from. She manages it at the last minute, but she is more focused on reaching to take hold of the arm (either one, because in this moment, his crystal arm is the last thing on her mind) that she knows she can't touch. ]

What happens if, by the time things align, it's too late to help? [ Because if the situation that he and his people are facing only has annihilation as the outcome, it does not sound to her as though time is on their side. ] By the time we finally get to meet you, what if-

[ She finds she can't even give voice to those words. ]