She couldn't see Zetta tilt slightly in midair, though maybe she could imagine it from the momentary silence.

"This car," he said, finally and definitively, "is my car, and I say you can take up as much space as you want in it. If you want to be alone, give yourself what you need and my team'll hang out on the other side. Want me to hit up the spider for a hammock for you? It'd be comfy... unless you're gonna sleep in some bed of vines thing or something. You're probably gonna do that, aren't you."