the ravenettes question was left with no response, only a mere breath of exhaustion to be heard from the [haircolored] girl. upon receiving no reply, the blank ackerman took a seat next to the silent girl, matching her silence. you were in a different area on the boat, away from the other two boys but they knew you fortunately were boarded on the same boat as them as they saw you with your mother during the boarding.
she managed to find you, somehow. even with your head ducked down away from everyone else to see your face, she could still spot you even from afar.
sensing that you were in no mood to talk, she decided to just keep you company by staying by your side. she knew something had happened, after all she's not oblivious.
your mother was with you but she didn't board the boat. your brother was nowhere to be seen, and knowing your mother, she'd be insistent on letting him board the boat no matter if the guards wouldn't.