HIs sharp retort to her clumsiness was only mildly surprising. From what she had been told about humanity was that they defended each other fiercely. She had somewhat expected a warmer reception due to this knowledge, but then again she supposed that endangering a person would bring reprimands from them instead of praise. "Ava." She replied to his question and glanced around once more to the scattered cans and bit of debris that covered the floor of the abandoned building.<br/><br/>"I.. um.." she started to say then paused to gather her words to make her next statement a bit more believable. "I know how scattered we are and that's why I came to see if someone was actually here. My group was ambushed by some of the invaders while I was out gathering supplies a couple of weeks ago. When I got back there was only carnage left." Her eyes dropped and her voice took on a tone of sadness while recalling the conjured memory. "I've been out here by myself since and I was hoping to cross someone's path." She glanced out the doors as if to check if the coast was still clear from them, even though she knew the patrols had been cleared out of the area. "Please.. take me with you. I promise I'll pull my own weight and when we find some other people I promise you'll never see me again." Her quiet tone dropped into a pleading one as she gave him a hopeful look.<br/><br/>She had one more bargaining chip if she needed it to convince him to take her along and eventually lead her to where the humans gathered. She didn't want to reveal it unless she had to though as she knew that it would either help her or damn her in this situation. She wasn't to concerned with dying but rather just the negotiation going sour. If it did she would have to either kill him or escape to try again elsewhere with another human. Failure on her part, even once, would be highly frowned upon by her superiors and that was something she couldn't afford.