[ Sasha falls into step beside him, taking stock of her own aches and pains. And truthfully, as he'd said, it isn't bad at all. It's an unsteadiness in her limbs, likely brought about by the exhaustion that feels as though it's weighing her down... but it's nothing she can't persist through until they're in a better place to rest.

There's the question she'd been waiting for him to ask, and even though she'd expected it, answering it... certainly isn't easy. She'd spent five years there, and it had become her home in a different way than the orphanage had been-- and of course, returning there wasn't an option. ]

With the way I am, and what I tasked Shion and Dohko with... I don't believe I'll be of any use to Sanctuary. Surely, if we were brought here... then there must be something I can do in a place apart from there.

[ She pauses then, glancing up at him. ]

Of course, should you wish to return, I completely understand.