She can't help but eyeball the kinetic tether for a moment. It's definitely a great deal more advanced looking than anything she observed back on Earth, so whatever this alien is, at least it's not a bone-headed primitive.

There's very little composure in the way she lunges forward to try and close the gap between the two of them, enough to be able to reach his hand with her weird, disembodied fingers. There's an ugly grimace on her face, too, as she tries to keep her core lifted high enough that she can maintain her balance and not belly flop into the mud.

"Hurry up, pull me out!" She says urgently.