"Yeah, that...seems to be the case, but you know - I think the more people trying to help out with that, the better. I don't know - isn't that how it normally works? And not trying just seems...a bit of a waste, I guess." A waste of time and resources and...who knows, it just seems wrong somehow.

And seeing as how people uninvolved are still getting attacked...

Aria thinks it's also probably a bit useless to try and hide from something so there.

While she's aware Anthony has changed, she's not mentioning it. At least, not unless he brings it up. Hadn't she heard about people getting robot arms and the like, and seen some weird stuff on the network already? People changed, apparently. More than just growing up and apart, here they would grow into someone else. But Anthony still seemed like Anthony, which was good enough for her.