"Ah, maybe, maybe not~ there are many kinds of people, after all."

And not many that were as easy to talk to as Gale was, which also had the downsides of the concern she was becoming too comfortable talking to him, as if that might be risk for some kind of betrayal down the line. Right now there's much in common to keep some of it at bay - being trapped in this strange place and not wanting to fall for the immediate traps of their benefactors, for starters.

"But if you won't be called leader, then what would be best to consider it as, Mister Gale?"