The soldiers are not gentle about patting them down. Laval feels Vex's temper and offers calm reason to counter it. ~Easy. Don't blow this for us.~ ~I won't~ he snaps back. She pushes apology and empathy in his general direction, and a brief glimpse of her anxiety by way of explanation. There's no particular response. Externally she is angry and scared, almost distraught. "We're just pilgrims," she insists over and over. "I don't even know what you're looking for."