[ She smiles, or at least makes the effort to start a smile, quirking her lips up at the corners. He adapts quickly; she'll give him that. ]

It gets easier to speak that way when you're out there, swimming. Which should be enough of a plan to get going, even if Ursula is being quiet on the subject. Base expansions need raw materials. We can practice swimming and mental speech while familiarising with the area and marking locations for mining and collecting ore and similar resources.

[ Ursula... that's a good mission plan, please let them out??? ]