Any hint of a smile on Mami's face disappeared at that. "... I don't mean to sound cruel, Miki-san, but it's hard to believe anyone from our world who isn't a Puella Magi is down in those caves."

She may not have meant to sound cruel, but it was still pretty harsh. "The whole reason this ship saved us is because we're fighters. We're useful pawns for our saviors to throw at their enemy. I doubt they're going to be saving normal, mundane people that have no place in an interdimensional war."