looking forward to the exuberant acceptance and resulting celebration next chapter that may or may not include a 3 panel timelapse of the outside of the apartment
i'd say the one-sided disappointment is really from the reader's perspective, because that's one more clueless character who won't get to be part of the cool kids club (unless...)
i would like to think the question hit the room so hard they were all stunlocked until the weather changed
that or koma's alien powers allow her to change the weather at will