Nihlus very carefully pretends he didn't see Riptide hiding his hands behind his back. Just because he's seen a lot of gruesome things on the job doesn't mean he wants to see it anymore than necessary.

"If you're not combat trained, I would definitely suggest returning to the Moira as soon as you can," he says, flicking a scan out on his omni-tool to see if there were other Del Pascians nearby.

There's some irony in telling the giant robot to go back to safety, but a civilian was a civilian no matter how large or comparatively dangerous they were.