Oh, I would not dare to judge their intelligence. They are surviving, after all. It is just that their sense of self-preservation does... leave something to be desired, yes.

[A sigh. It's not easy trying to provide assistance from the back when everyone's running face-first into danger!

But... oh. That's almost endearing, in a way. It's certainly odd, for Ris to be the one who actually seems to have experience socializing, but she's not going to complain.

It's nice not to be so obviously a fish out of water for once. It's nice to feel like she has some agency.]

A pleasure to meet you, as well. [Which seems actually pretty genuine, for how practiced of a response it is.]

Shall we try to find an alternate exit? Staying here will do little good for either of us.