He looks back to her, uncertain, those dots not fully connecting. There's no magic where he's come from, after all. Manabu's clearly trying to visualize something, but seeing no familiar tech in sight is leaving him grasping at straws and scratching at the back of his head.

"I...I don't understand what that means I can even do. Without the SDF, or my friends...what am I supposed to do about any of this? I'm all for helping, but..."