Pulse tilted his head to one side. Being the pessimistic type that he was, he was genuinely surprised whenever he encountered someone who was still so cheerful and upbeat after what he had personally felt to be a total catastrophe. It gave him pause; maybe it wasn't worth worrying about so much?

"...Ma'am... I'm still worried about the... about what happened. I haven't heard or seen anything, I haven't been approached by anyone to explain... Where I come from, when something happens, it isn't long before everyone knows. And when I don't see it on the news the next morning, it makes me wonder... did it even happen?"

He paused for a moment, putting one hand to his head while still clutching his tray in the other.

"At the same time, I ask myself... What am I gonna do? I don't have a strategy for something like this. I'm used to solving problems... almost immediately... But then I feel like I'm worrying too much about myself... But if something happens where I can't protect others, if I can't protect you, what's gonna happen then?"

He looked back up into Riwane's eyes.

"Am I over-thinking this?"