[She nods grimly in agreement— those had been her thoughts as well, even if she hadn't wanted to voice them immediately.]

I was thinking the very same thing. It seems a terrible thing to be assuming, but given what we know... I do not believe it is outside of the realm of possibility.

[She is, at least in this moment, grateful to have been summoned into the Free Cities. At his request, she gives another nod, not quite so tight as the first.]

If you are trusting her, then it is fine with me. Someone who is there to see it for themselves should know, so they are knowing what to look for.