["Her Hella"... It reminds her of the Chief calling out to her - one of the only other people who made any effort at all to understand them. A person she couldn't kill even if she tried. The connection isn't enough to immediately inspire the same loyalty within her, but it does cultivate a cautious trust like a beast reaching out to taste offered food.

Ninety-Nine shakes her head. No, Reiju's given her no reason to attack, especially having been given a hint of her understanding.]

Once instinct kicks in, there's no thinking, only feeling. I probably wouldn't even see it as your arm. As long as you don't try to keep me contained...