Arc watched the girl for a moment, still gasping for air from all the pain he sent through his body. "What do you get out of this? I mean sure, i'm grateful for the help, but what do you benefit?" No one did something for nothing anymore. No one could afford to. The way their world ended up, if you worked for free, you were already in the grave. It was just a matter of who was going to put you there. She was absolutely right, of course. He would not be able to get back in time the way he was, and the only way he would get there at all would be to allow her to help him. But how far would he let her go before it was too close for comfort?<br/><br/>He took the bottle of water Madison offered to him, as well as a few of the pills, which he took immediately. It was probably more than he should have taken, but the pain was severe and he was desperate. His metabolism would burn them off anyway, but he hadn't really eaten much either, so he mentally braced himself for an interesting rest of the day.<br/><br/>"No one does something for nothing," he repeated, reaching into his pocket, then into his belt. He fished out the battery packs he'd plucked earlier and a few small tools and started working on them. "These are trilithion battery cells. Back in the day just one of these could power a house for six months. They're drained now, but someone who knows anything about 'em knows that you can rig them up to solar cells and recharge them, once they've been repaired. They're yours, once I get them fixed up. Take them and sell them if you want, or power something for a while. Up to you."