Shannon leaned back in her chair and rested her hands behind her head. She said to Tanner, "I dunno. Not like I can go back home now, considering they associated me with an exile and I don't have a way of actually getting back there. Eh, I might just stick around. There aren't many other places on this miserable little rock I can go anyways."
"Sheesh, I said 'was'. I'm not gonna do it now. Besides, I wasn't planning on killing either of you two anyway." Shannon said to Charlotte and Laura defensively.
Hey now...I didn't mean it like that. I just meant...fuck, I didn't mean it like that! Four thought in a flustered tone.