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Wait a minute... there's a mystery to untangle here, with a bunch of clues presented.
Okay, so Videl likes birds, it makes sense that she would pick Eagalia's group to go with. However, she instead chose to go with Bravyj, even with his lustrous bluster rubbing off on her the wrong way, him dubbing her fragile and her (internally) dubbing the manticore a prick, so it was an unlikely grouping, yet it happened all the same.
So why would Videl choose to go with Bravyj instead of Eagalia? It could be that someone was on Eagalia's team who she didn't feel comfortable being around. Eagalia seems in sync with Videl's personality, so not her. Irico... has had no interactions with Videl. They met today, and unlike her father, she has no qualms with spacemen that we know of.
That leaves... Maple.
Maple's great. There's no lack of positive qualities within her, and the people who hate having her around are grumps. Videl can give a mean look, but she's only like that half the time. She's not like that around Maple unless Maple does a bad joke that anyone would go "Maple..." and shouts "Maple no!" with the rest of the crowd. Maple saved Videl's mom, after all.
So, it's not a personal distaste that Videl feels towards Maple, it could just be being uncomfortable. What reason would Videl have to be uncomfortable, especially around Maple?
Well, let's the consider the circumstances prior to this chapter, they were on a spaceship headed to the Galactic Patrol station. So that means on the way over, all of Peppa's party was in close quarters. And on a spaceship, everyone can hear you.
So, with the newly widowed Maple likely having been overheard by others trying to sleep, that could be a reason why they would now feel awkward around her.
But, night terrors aside, there could be another reason why Videl opted out of going with Maple and Eagalia. That reason is...
