Jeez, why are they bothering with the meter when someone armed and deadly's roaming about? Manabu huffs through his nose, keeping his comments to himself while fiddling around in his pockets. Annie's the one who has to save the day on this one; Manabu gets out of her way with just a half-formed mumble that might be sorry in some way.

"Mm. Or keeping an open feed on the communicators to cover more ground. Either way, the longer she's out alone, the longer she has to catch on and grab hostages."