She can probably feel the guilt curling around every nook and cranny of his mind; Hercules blames himself for not getting Striker to her position fast enough. If he had just been quicker, she might not have been damaged so badly.

Hello, love.

Despite the fact he wants to stay here as long as possible to make sure she's okay — and he won't go in to how much more concerned he is about Gipsy than about any of the other Jaegers, that's too much to think about for him right now — he forces himself to continue.

I'm going to make this quick so you can go back to sleep, but I wanted to check in with you and see if you were okay.