"Calm down, I won't do any of that..." Xylath responded, reaching out with one hand and running the slick tendrils over the girl's head, an attempt to comfort her that probably didn't work too well due to her distinctly inhuman nature. In her mind, she added a 'yet' to that sentence, not knowing what to make of the girl just yet. She nodded at the question, raising an eye stalk slightly to give her a good look. The huge black eye on it's tip stared at Kitara, it's unblinking gaze different but somehow the same as Xylath's eerie red orbs. "I don't think you'll have much luck finding another lab, unfortunately." she told the girl, the tentacle's grip loosening ever so slightly to show that Xylath was not an enemy...at the moment, anyway. It was prepared to tighten again immediately should Kitara resist or attack her, however.