The surprise at the girl actually listening to what Alex was saying was overwhelmed by the surprise of Tori suddenly appearing again, after having been lost for so long. "Where did you get off to," he asked in confusion. She certainly hadn't been with them in the last room, and he hadn't seen her go off on her own while they were running for their lives. 

"They're over there," he said as he gestured to the duo before looking back to the girl that was waiting for them to tell her what to do. It was very weird, and while he did like to think he was good at adapting, this thing was a bit outside of his area of experience, to say the least. 

But hey, it seemed to be working out. If by 'working out', one meant that the giant robot that they were in appeared to be at the point of practically falling apart, but its own description. He wasn't certain, but it was easy enough to agree that that was a bad thing. Especially if this main reactor went up. He wasn't confident in his ability to be explosion proof in a pinch.

"Yes, yes it does," he said to the twins before looking forward once again. "Begin emergency shut down," he suggested to the girl even as he slipped forward. "I'll also be taking this." With that he grabbed for the thing atop her staff before pulling back, ready to make his escape from this place. They had something, though whether it proved to be valuable remained to be seen.