In a land painted black for several kilometers and being surrounded by brown air and ash-filled dust, this being the result of a battle between three high-tier cultivators, a female could be seen prancing about while her male companion stared at her with a bit of envy and tiredness.
After her short conversation with Seth, Alice had passed on Seth's message to Basco, and then when the man had calmly accepted it, she had gone on to berate him for accepting Seth's bullshit without complaint. While Alice had gone with her ramblings, Basco, who was still recovering, was unfortunately forced to sit down and listen to her plights about both him and Seth.
"It seems like she exchanged her maturity for her strength," Basco thought when Alice finally got tired of complaining and let him be.