Ulla nods.

"No one wanted anything to do with me. I was grudgingly tolerated at choir practice because they had no choice, and our piles on the sea floor afterwards were only an extension of that." They didn't mean any less social isolation. "Until Signy, and even she... wanted my talent more than me, for longer than she should have. When Roffe joined us, the only thing he was after was my talent. I didn't matter to him a bit."