[Seeing Manabu's surprise takes Grey slightly aback himself. He does his best to clarify:]

I always intended to see you safely to Destiny, at least. [His rough plan had been to drop Manabu off near SDF HQ and then run like hell in the opposite direction, hoping that by the time Manabu had explained things and the SDF sorted out what the hell was going on Grey would have slipped out of their grasp.] Once you've reunited with your allies you won't need me anymore, but I never intended to leave you alone.