Lillith and Zahra hadn't said much about what they had been facing, but Vex could tell it was something big. And if it had brought Scanlan back to them...

"I'm not sure I want to know what sort of big bad we've run up against when you're from, but I imagine needing to save the world would speed up the forgiveness process. Here, unfortunately, we have nothing but time and more time. And no way to really avoid each other for long."