"If we are all stuck here, then there is plenty of time to be social later," she returned, not unkindly. There was a certain amount of rebellion in her when she suggested it, perhaps because this party had been thrown with expectation for them to all meet and learn about each other without time to adjust. It wasn't right of these captors, employers, whatever they wanted to call themselves.

Shaking her head, she continued, "Regardless, I am not here to force your hand either way. Have you any interest in the classes they claim to offer?"