Liquid glanced over at him with an eyebrow raised, fist clenching automatically at the feeling of the pat on his shoulder, but he relaxed that quickly. He never did have the best reaction to friendly pats. "...I thought it was a good word for it."

He took a step, ready to head down with him, but Niko seemed to spring into action immediately as someone started shooting. And Liquid really couldn't do much else but watch as he masterfully avoided the bullets. He tried not to look too impressed. He did a bad job of it.

He watched the sliding guy for a few moments, then looked at Niko with a grin. "Nice." That particular 'nice' had a hell of a lot of compliment in it for a four-letter word.

He peered up the stairway, careful in his movements. "Seems like upstairs is the way to go, then. Unless they're meant to be a distraction, but something tells me they're not quite smart enough for all that. Unless you'd like to split up? But I'd hate for either of us to miss the action either way."