She had heard enough of this, it didn't seem to be anything of high importance to her. Not to mention that if Hussaini by chance found her here, secretly listening to their conversation, his patience would probably end. Discreetly, she sneaked out of the bush again, and walked down the rest of the path which lead to the exit of the biodome, all while trying to keep the lowest profile possible.

Making her way through the number of corridors again, at the end she would end up at the rosty, worn Sunburst that she had used to come to this place.

Unsuspiciously leaning against the hull of the Sunburst, as if nothing had happened before, Elena waited for the Operative to make an appearance again. Hands in her trouser pockets, whistling a faint melody, mainly just to calm herself down from the situation a few minutes ago. Yet the thought of Hussaini still lingering around somewhere on the Freeport made her shudder. In general, just thinking back made her shudder, a lot. She was certain there would be going to be very pleasant nightmares pestering her in the next few days.

Seeing as he finally approached, coming closer to the freighter, Elena straightened herself. Putting on a distinct and sincere smile that spoke of a lot of relief. If he hadn't been there after all, she would have probably collapsed under Hussaini's mind and manipulation tricks. Actually that made her quite angry, realizing that she had done anything but well, and had in no way achieved what she wanted to.

A sigh, then words. "Hey", she just said, still a bit confused, and with a bit of a tremble in it.

She did as he wished, not commenting further upon anything until they were inside the freighter, safer from any kind of imaginable observation. Opening the back airlock, Elena walked in, closely followed by Red. Immediately after he had gone in as well, she closed their airlock again, seperating them from anything else. The insides of Sunburst were anything but nice to look at, the Operative was probably used to a lot more luxury in his other vessels. Yet it was very discreet, she thought, and didn't draw too much attention.

There was probably a lot they could and should talk about, she thought, at least Elena had plenty of ideas. However, she was also curious in what he wanted to tell her. So she just leaned against the ship's hull once again, looking into the visor with an eyebrow raised while she was crossing her arms before her chest, fairly tilting her head. "You wanna talk first?", asked she. Innerly she hoped he would. Even a slight feeling of guilt arose in her mind, making her lower her head for the time being.

A few moments later, Elena would break off the hug, stepping a few steps back from her friend. There was still a somewhat guilty expression on her face as she stared on the ground, not into the visor of his helmet. For a moment, it was dead silent inside the Sunburst. Then she looked up again, but not exactly confidently.

"You don't have to be sorry, I'm glad you have been here. Even without you interfering, I guess he would have made use of that rifleman", she told her, taking a step towards him again. "You can believe me, I don't wanna meet this guy again, not if when I'm not in my ship ... he - he absolutely gave me the creeps. That he's been infected doesn't make it any better, looking back." The shudder reappeared again.

She gave him another quick hug. "Thanks for coming and for your help." A pause appeared as Elena opened her mouth again, but stayed quiet. Nearly she would have asked him a silly question. Who was 'Unschuld'? And for whatever reason did Red think this person could influence Hussaini's behavior? However, asking him that would have revealed she had been listening to their conversation, so she rathet kept quiet for now. Instead, she gave him a smile. "And before I forget it: Greet your friends from me. Tell them Elena sends best regards."

Elena recognized how he felt about the whole deal, and for a moment she thought about lying to him, but dismissed it again immediately. He would have probably found out about her lying anyways, never had she been the best of liars. And it felt wrong telling him a false truth now, as he had been pretty honest to her in the past. "I heard a few things", she admitted, again with a guilty expression on her face, looking down onto the ground. Her voice became ever more silent while she spoke, up to the point when she was merely mumbling anymore. "But didn't understand most of the gobbledegook you and him were talking. Might have caught a name or two." She shook her head, further staring into the visor. Looking back, she began regretting to stay there, but obviously it was too late for this thought now. He seemed quite serious about it. Now that she had heard it, though, her curiosity once more struck. "What was that about?"