She probably couldn't see him incline his head in acknowledgment. "Asteroids aren't exactly stationary obstacles. They move around, rotate, collide with each other. So the exercise you set yourself might be a little harder than you think."

For someone like Zouichi, who had aid in keeping precise and immediate track of multiple opponents, their movements, and combat capabilities the behavior of one of these rocks was fairly easy to keep track of and plan around. But the same might not be true of Sumeragi who did appear, after all, to be human.

Anyway, he was attempting to offer some encouragement.