[While she doesn't know how prestigious Hope's Peak Academy may or may not be, she does know what she witnessed from her, at least. Rio shifts a little.]

Against a foe as large as that, you cannot have been expected to do everything and escape unscathed. It was barely enough for the three of us to take it down, wasn't it?

[But still the guilt lingers. Trying not to make a fool of herself, she continues, a little hesitantly.]

But you had no protections, and nothing to use against it other than your sword itself. I think there is something to be said about the courage that requires.