Shelley can't help it, she flashes a look of concern at the real South when the memory South does that. Uf, that sounded...painful. In some way. It really is a good thing present South is holding up well, or at least is taking this all better than other people in that same situation would, but still...in the end this is none of her business. South probably knows what she's doing, emotionally speaking.

She hopes so, at least.

"Hey, sometimes all that matters in a team is not dying, and last I checked on the rig there's no graveyard full of hires from another world. That has to count for something -- so being a "good team" with synergy and all that is secondary"

Well, to be fair, there could be a graveyard and she hasn't seen it yet. It's not impossible.