[ Lucretia watches with a concerned frown as Magnus sinks down to the ground, then lifts her eyes to study the graffiti again.

The thing is, while the drawing may not be good, the caricatured sideburns make it very, very obvious who it's supposed to be.

The words, on the other hand...She steps forward to brush her hands across the paint, mouthing the words to herself, trying to figure out what they might be referring to. ]

'Took the guards with them...' [ But the only guard on board the Starblaster is Magnus himself. And besides, she's seen him in action. ]

Magnus, you've never left anyone for any monster. Not...not when you could help it.

[ Yes, they'd had to abandon world after world to the wrath of the Hunger, saving themselves to fight another day. But Magnus has stayed behind countless times, fighting to save as many lives as he could, to delay the inevitable as long as possible, even when they all knew it was futile. He'd never hesitated. Never chosen the easy way out.

She sinks to the ground before him, hands on her knees, and peers at him earnestly. ]

I'm sure it's about someone else.