Padparadscha has to laugh a little at that, because it does seem like Antarcticite would be overqualified. "Well, the living things here aren't particularly high hardness themselves, are they? Even their frames are very brittle."

So someone like Antarc is probably still better off than the squishy beings with somewhat more solid bone that make up most of the people in the Sentry. "But I think it suits you, yes. Someone who took on winter duty on their own would have to be more qualified than most of their number I've seen before, after all."

It's a compliment, though Padparadscha still seems somewhat amused in saying it. Perhaps Antarc can pull up the socks of the Sentry a bit by being part of it.