"Sorry," she said. She didn't sound very sincere though. There was no remorse on her features at all, only the same vague dreaminess there always was. However, her eyes were glittering brightly and it wasn't hard to imagine they didn't miss much. Before she could introduce the two, Simon turned to her companion.<br/><br/>River could feel the tension and Simon wouldn't take kindly to any attempts to calm him down. "There's no problem," she interjected. "he's going to be a passenger." Hopefully that would alleviate some of her brother's concerns. Really, he needed to trust her more. No way she would have let someone follow her if they were a threat.<br/><br/>She'd have to talk to him about telling Willie the truth, or at least some of it. That her name wasn't Brooke after all. The lie had been for her sake. What if the Alliance just happened to be around? "This is my brother Simon. Simon, this is Shepherd Willie Howlett."