Aida jumped when the slig fell from the air vents, and shrank a little with the ruckus that followed immediately afterward. However, it actually reassured her a little bit to know that if all the guns were trained on the intruder, they won't be aimed at her.
She didn't quite know how to respond to Doe's sudden appearance- not that she could anyway- although she was calmed a little bit by the fact that it was someone she knew and she wouldn't be facing this stranger alone.
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"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named . . . but a DYING culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
-- Robert Heinlein in Friday
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