An answer for who? I already found the answer that I was looking for... and it sucked.

[And as sad and frustrated and angry as she is about it... she's stuck here with the rest of them, facing off against the same problems they're facing. Even if she's given up hope on this place, there's still people who care about other things, and are still trying to do... something.

It might be a bit much to say she's giving him the benefit of the doubt, but at least trying to follow along, she adds, maybe, just maybe, slightly more helpfully:]

It's just a ruined wasteland of technology out there, and in case you missed it, I don't really do machinery. But if you've got any bright suggestions, I can go back out there again.