Kate rolled her eyes, nudging her away as she continued down the scattered remnants of a paved road, "If we were to just abandon the Paladin, it'd be considered desertion whether we completed the mission or not. We'd be tried for treason and either exiled or executed." She folded her arms over her chest, kicking a loose rock as she walked. "Besides, I don't even think we're genuinely arguing half the time. Salem and the Paladin aren't too bad. Juliano is a different story, considering that we have the actual potential to starve to death because of his unorthodox eating habits. But Salem's good with a gun and for a few laughs, and the Paladin is good to us. He cares more than most do. That could be his fatal flaw for all I know, though, huh?" 
	She smirked at the lithe blonde, and added, "What do you have against them, though? I'm only ever teasing them, but you seem to...genuinely not like them. Did they do something to you?"
	Honestly, Kate couldn't imagine Desmond hurting even a Bloatfly, but in the end, he was a higher-up of the Brotherhood of Steel and therefore had to relay the more questionable orders of the Elder from time-to-time. And Salem, even if he didn't mean it, could be a sarcastic idiot when he wasn't thinking his words through. Perhaps he'd accidentally said something to set her off. After knowing the girl since they were children, just running around the Citadel and annoying the instructors with their questions and pranks, Kate had found Tink to be a bit sensitive and one to hold a grudge. And then there was Juliano. But he'd pissed everyone off at least once. It was pretty much his thing at this point. But unlike Salem, it wasn't through poorly placed or timed words, but through his actions. He did things without asking, without thinking of how detrimental it could be for the entire group. He was hard to trust, which didn't bode well for those selected for a recon mission. 
	"If they did, you know that you can just tell me, right?" she insisted, brow furrowing in concern.