Oh hey, at least there had been something that had worked well enough to manage to diffuse the situation. Not that it needed to be any sort of situation by any means of the word, but Arcade would’ve had to be a blind man to have missed the tension that had been there. Not that he’d directly call her out on it either; he had some tact after all!
His gaze flitted amicably to the bot that was currently with Mei and he moved to hold out a hand towards it, palms up - not aiming to grab or investigate without consent, but instead seeking to allow it to approach on its own free will. “Who’s your little friend here? I don’t believe we’ve had the chance to properly meet yet.”
And that was… oh. Well, he couldn’t claim to have actually expected that - most of the time his help was given without the expectation of a thank you in return, and it was… surprising. Maybe notably so, if the expression on his face might be something to go by. “Oh.. ah, you really didn’t have to come here just to thank me, though I do thank you in return for that. I really do appreciate it.” A smile appeared, there and gone. “You’ve done me no wrong and even if you had.. I wouldn’t have left someone in need to die like that.”
A pause. “Have you recovered well from that incident? No lasting side effects?”
Mei watched as snowball moved to the man, now with his attention drawn away from Mei the bot began to show interest in their company. She laughed a bit and simply allowed the drone to do what he wished, he was a close friend and companion and had once saved her life doing just that.
“Oh right of course, this is Snowball, we designed him at Ecopoint in Antartica and he’s been with me since I left.” she smiled, Snowball’s comfort further relaxed the climatologist, if he was comfortable it only made her more so. It was, odd to be thanked just for thanking someone? Yet, Angela had once described what she did as thankless os in the end it made enough sense to Mei.
The smile for the moment it was there was, warm and strangely beautiful? Yet it was gone so quickly the brunette wasn’t even sure she saw it right and it was quickly followed by question, further distracting her attention from it.
“Oh yes I’ve been quite alright since I woke up! I’m in perfect health now thanks to you Mr.Gannon.”