He did look at her at that report. Familiar faces...?

"That's good advice, if unsettling. Pass that to Daphne when she returns so she can tell the others. We need to be completely prepared." He paused, glancing at where she held her side. "I asked Nanami to heal, but monitor your condition."

Suiting his own words, he took out his last ether and drank it down quickly. He had one precious hi-ether left, to use in a last pinch.

"We must return with the information." Or everything will be lost.