Liu was struck by how rapidly Penny became overwhelmed. He's seen it before, usually in recruits before their training, although by the time he set foot in real training there was already so much bitterness that the look was a rarity. He noted that, he noted the dragon, and he noted Esther's adnission that she had never been in combat before. Liu was mostly defensive, although a hardness of body allowed him to act aggressively; losing any of these three on his watch would be a problem, and a personal one, at that. He dare not let himself think about who to prioritize. Not yet anyway. Rather than allow his mind to wander, the voids of his eyes locked onto the automatic carriage. 

Strategically, he should be sitting by a door -- is the assessment he made. On account of this he began ensuring this operational requirement by reaching the carriage first. To the outside perspective, his gait had every appearance of walking. It wasn't any faster or more frantic. However, he was covering an astonishing and of course inhuman amount of ground. Each time he switched leading foot in his 'walk' his body seemed to sail over the ground and cover a few meters at once. One might assume he was hovering if unable to see his feet touching the ground. It was this way that he demonstrated at the very least that he is [Fast], at least [Fast C], if not [Fast B], and precise enough to flow through any foot traffic effortlessly with an ingrained sense of [Precision] and [Spatial Awareness]. He intended to be the first one at the door and open it for everyone else once they neared the device.