That's exactly what Ari needs, even if she can't admit it to herself. Her starship was never safe in that way, after all. Space was dangerous. They had enemies. The difference was that all the dangers were external; she had nothing to fear from anyone inside the ship save ordinary disagreements.

'Call you? How would I do that?' She hasn't yet encountered those strange rocks. 'You mean call on you, come out here and see you?'