Serene pauses for a moment at the response to her question, to give the scientist a rather agitated glare. Seems something that had been said didn't agree with her. "So, you're attempting to make a better humanity, through kidnapping, and what really looks like unusual torture methods? What happened to the good old tradition of asking for help, or are you too good for that unless you're being fucked by tentacles?" She had one eyebrow raised at her companion, before shrugging and turning to keep moving forward. The more ground they covered, the better.<br/><br/>Realizing that she still the mouse's tail in her hands, she quickly tossed him over her shoulders, since the scientist was distracted, and there was no real point in pissing off her only source of information. Hearing what was bothering her companion, she looked thoughtful, wondering if it might be that the slime was going to use that to track them, and strike when it stopped sloshing inside, as it might indicate sleep. Pausing again, she turned to face the human. "I hope you don't mind my saying this, but you are the oddest human I've ever met. Most of you turn pink if you're not wearing clothing, and things squirming inside has always made your kind sick. Should I bother asking, or just write it off as a question I'm not going to get a direct answer to?" She really was curious, but was trying to keep that in check until they could reach safer ground.<br/><br/>After a moments rest, she let out a sigh, and stepped over to place a hand on the human's shoulder. "Since we're traveling together for a while, you mind telling me your name? Mine's Serene." And again, she mentally smacked herself for letting out with her real name again. She really needed to come up with something solid that she could use for a name, since she couldn't seem to keep her first choice in mind. Plus it did sound rather silly. Regardless of the response she'd get, she turned to start walking back along the path, looking for a turn to their left, since that was roughly the direction she thought she'd have to go to meet up with Lance. "Oh, and you may want to do something about the slime inside you. Digest it, throw it up, whatever you can. I don't think either of us would like it if you were absorbed from the inside."