Metabee pretty much lights up when Rikki shows up to greet him. When she starts apologizing though he interrupts here, emphatically waving away the apology.

"No, it's fine! The others obviously needed you a lot more that I did. Boy am I glad to see you made it out of there ok."

He pauses, dropping eye contact and shuffling his feet a little. He was really glad Rikki was ok, but he knew the others weren't quite as lucky.
"Everyone IS ok, right? I know Nessa and Cynthia got caught by the robot thing."