[Ororo glances up, surprised. She'd been lost in thought, she hadn't been paying much attention. But she offers her a small smile.]

... Laura, hello. I didn't see you there. [She follows Laura's gaze around the empty chamber.]

I know. Were we on the field, I might have. [And she already has. Something she does not like dwelling on.]

But this was a training exercise, and I think I could afford even as small a mercy as that.