"It has to come off some time," was all she said to the first. The point hit pretty close to home, she thought. It fell off Kane's face. They all thought he was fine. They went about their day, getting ready for that last meal before hopping in hyper-sleep. If that thing had just waited another hour, Ash would have gotten his prize. Kane and the embryo would have been frozen on the way home.
Ripley would do anything to make sure it didn't destroy the world. If that meant jumping into molten metal here too, then so be it. However, she wanted to be sure, which meant getting to a hospital or something sooner rather than later. She wasn't going to get any sleep until she knew if it was there or not. "They... gave me a medical when I got here, but I didn't know about the Queen so I didn't -- We need somewhere fast. I don't know how long it takes for one of these."