7's of a similar predicament, in that her whole life had either been fighting or tense silence between bouts; it's been a struggle to learn to trust people here, but so far she hasn't really had a bad interaction with people and she's learning.

There's hope for Cassandra too.

She's got her spear but she doesn't have it raised, stuck into the ground for the moment and offering something for her lean against. "Are you trying to do something in particular?"