[ riza opens her mouth to make some comments - about the differences here, about what it means that they're having this conversation over the network, about how roy should consider what he means by all of this. but she closes it again not much long after. ]

Sir. [ it sounds a bit like she's going to chastise him. but again, she pauses, considering his words, and then lets out a breath. ] Questioning authority and "tearing it all down" seem a bit different.

[ he has a point, of course. he always has a point. but riza is looking at this a bit more pragmatically. whether or not they trust astoria and her intentions, unseating her... is another story. ]

What would our other options be? If we weren't going to follow her instructions? Let these places we're being sent to fall without trying to help?