That arm around her is definitely comforting - she'd been afraid, on some level, they wouldn't want her around anymore, so this was a lot better than she'd expected. Still...

"I haven't exactly been in a good place either, so... I can't really blame you, Alice. I'm sorry I couldn't get to you sooner. I wish this hadn't had to happen. But we're together again now, right? It won't- it's going to be okay now."

Mana, however, is being her usual self. Which is both really good and a little bad. "Mana... do you see me right now? I only found the courage to come in here because I'm fighting with hatred. If I'd tried to fight with my love, I'd have been killed already. I couldn't feel anything through the pain, and the loss, and the rage. Everything still feels... dull. So I understand that you don't want us to keep going like this. But this is what you've got right now. If we keep going, I know I won't be able to control myself, because this will not happen again, and I'm willing to destroy anything in my way to ensure that. I think Alice feels the same way."

That said, she gently reaches up to Mana's face, and tries to soften her expression a little. "But it's not because we're violent people, or because we can't love anymore. It's because I love you that I have to do this. I can't let anything threaten you - threaten us - ever again, and if I have to do something I won't like later to keep you safe, I'll do it. So don't apologize, okay? I... well, I don't know what I'm doing, but I don't think there's any other way, unless we just left and let someone else take care of it."

Rikka? You're saying some really scary things with a smile on your face.