[ carolina hesitates a moment before answering, helmet turning as she does a visual sweep of the area again. ]

You know, I half expected her to show up just because you'd said that.

[ it's silly, but another familiar fighter would be nice right about now and re-l's watched first hand how much carolina prefers to fight alongside the familiar. sure, her and sombra are no freelancers, but they've more than earned carolina's attention as teammates. re-l can get on her case about sentimentality if she wants, carolina doesn't really care. ]

Your theory wouldn't account for the figure skaters either, would it? They weren't openly questioning the crew like some people were.