[Nita pauses again, because that... is worth considering, although:]

It's not gonna be that simple. But-

[Nita starts fiddling with her charm bracelet, gently shuffling the charms back-and-forth around her wrist.]

I can ask them what's wrong, what's stopping them from running properly. If they just have weeds in the way, or if there's rust, or a different kind of problem altogether.

[It's not necessarily that the stations don't want to work, Nita's mind goes on. They're just dealing with a lot more than they could have bargained for upon their creation.]

But whatever's wrong, I'm pretty sure we can fix... especially together.

[Nita smiles then, small but the most brightly she's done so all day.]