The sudden arrival of qualified, and more importantly capable, backup made Rikka let out a sigh of relief. She'd thought this would be it, but... it looked like they'd live a little longer. This place wouldn't claim them yet.

"A little worse for wear, Colonel Curtiss," she answers, "but we're alive, somehow."

The hug from Mana is a surprise, but not an unwelcome one; the adrenaline is bleeding away finally, and with it the rage that's been mitigating her actions. And so, gently, she manages, "I'm sorry if I worried you, Mana, Alice."