"The Mana in my heart, though comforting, does not give very good hugs," Alice admits, relaxing a little as she gives the girl a proper embrace in return. No, Mana collapsing into her arms a bit ago doesn't count. "I would love it if the others were here too, but... so far as I know, it's just you and I," she adds. She hasn't much time to look around for anyone else, but Rikka would have figured out a way to locate them by now, and Makoto's shaky ability to survive in something that seems to pass reasonably well for human society would call a lot of attention to her in a hurry. "Still. Two of us is much, much better than one." She pauses a moment, before venturing, "How are you feeling? Any better?"