As far as first impressions of Wanda goes, Richard's is a good one! Aside from the reactions to her, but you don't judge a person entirely on that, and most responses weren't bad, just... a little wary. So that was coming into her, seeing if he could trust her so far (he wants to trust her, he has just had a life of trust no one beaten into him so that's always running in the back of his head) and when he did speak to her, she seemed pragmatic and focused on the important things. She was willing to listen to him, asked good questions, and also had enough initiative to want to pursue matters on her own.

So he likes her! He thinks she'd be a good ally and yes he's not going to throw the friend word around but TOO BAD FOR HIM a certain amount of trust is the key to friendship with Richard. He feels it would be a positive working relationship and is glad he spoke to her.