"Hey," Thomas said, walking up behind Sophia and putting a hand on her shoulder. "No need to get worked up. We work for the government, and they may not always make the right choices with everything, but with the Guardians, they seem to have been on the right track the whole time." He flashed a quick smile as he flushed a wave of calmness over her. Fear was simply a lack of being calm, right? All he had to do was focus hard enough and he could reverse his power, allowing a calming effect to emminate. It took a LOT more effort, and he doubted he could use it in a pinch, but for these kinds of situations, the effort was necessary.
"Look, I may not be AS upset as you are that we are working for a teenager and a young man, but I am still a little baffled and annoyed by the aspect. But as I stated before, we work for the government. There is honestly nothing we can do, so we might as well accept it, okay?"