As shaken up as she was, Varya refused to let her feelings stop her from meeting up with the women from the brothel. She wanted to see what state they were in and if that was where they wanted to be.
The silver-haired empress was mostly excited to see Fidia in a setting where they weren't being hawked over by Armis or having to serve at a bar where the men didn't keep their hands to themselves.
The impression she always had for the other woman was that she was intelligent beyond her means. Most importantly, she always made Varya feel safe. Even when they couldn't confide in each other there was something about her that was genuine.
They made a plan for Basileus and Theron to bring the women to Planet V's surface the following morning.
Unfortunately, that meant that the prince and his pilot had to leave that evening to organize everything in time for their strict schedule that had already been set for the week that there were visitors on Planet V.