He let out a sigh. Mentally he was preparing for the worst. Another fight, most likely.

"What's wrong? I was worried that something may have happened while I was gone."

Red was far too tense to consider hugging Marie back in this point in time. His body stiffened and tense and Marie's hugs, as nice as they were, were not able to ease his tension. There was a strong chance that emotions would be involved and Red's insecurity of being unable to provide for his team just left a maelstrom of bad thoughts and feelings within him.