She's pretty thankful too, as should be the other white coats who aren't subject to pink-tinted cheeks and a sharp glare from her anymore since the change. Even so, the subtle change in verbiage was duly noted, though she hasn't quite pieced together the implication just yet. Not without more evidence.

"I'm feeling dangerous today." Samus dryly replies, with a ghost of a smirk hinting it humorous to her. Someone was apparently in a good mood.

True, it was extremely unlike Samus to go anywhere without her gun but she knew she could be plenty dangerous without it. Plus it helped having a magical suit of armor she could summon out of thin air whenever she needed it.

...Not that she was expecting to need it on a benign and usual trip to the labs.

"Just taking a detour from my patrol."