"This isn't an adventure. It's a science experiment. We're little white mice in a very spacious tank."

Which spells out in no uncertain terms how confident she is in her own survival. If things work out, if the tests are successful, then great. If she finds out these people have something to do with everything going wrong, then great. If she dies, it happens. The path to getting there is what matters.

Shannon feels her throat go tight in a brief, ugly flicker of emotion. "What did you tell JJ?"