Listening closely to the accent, Derrick thought for a second trying to place it. It was a form of British Dialect, however the phrasing was what caught him off guard. After a small moment he remarked<strong>"Hmm you speak English pretty well, British accent...I'm guessing you're German though?"</strong>Derrick had an ear for that sort of thing, and thought that maybe a little idle conversation would endear himself to her. He had hoped to find a relatively sane survivor, that would be his best chance at finding Jasmine.<br/><br/>Hearing her little challenge to him, he bit his lip for a moment.<strong>"I wouldn't shoot in the middle of the woods if I could help it, you'd bring everything in the area down on us....Look....Franka? We're here on a mission, I suppose you could say...Well...I am joining them. I'm here on my own agenda."</strong>It was foolish to completely trust anyone, Derrick hadn't even expressed to his teammates why he was on the mission. Why would he divulge that information to this stranger?<br/><br/>Something caught his attention though. A small dot on Franka's chest...that wasn't Ashleigh. With a roll of his eyes, Derrick raised his voice very slightly and said<strong>"Please excuse me for a brief second. I'm using my comm."</strong>Turning it on, he whispered into it<strong>"Hackett, lower your weapon. I'm having a conversation here, and I wouldn't advise opening fire in these woods."</strong>Glancing over in the direction he was sure she was in, and giving her a motion to lower her weapon. The last thing he needed was for his possible only chance of finding Jasmine to get killed in the middle of these woods over a misunderstanding.<br/><br/>Thinking for a moment, he turned his attention back to the young woman and said<strong>"If I may ask, what are you doing in these woods? Scouting? Looking for food? Supplies?"</strong>He'd spent time with survivor groups in the past, knew that their existence was turned to one of constantly fighting nature and hardship. She very likely resented the soldiers, and had every right to. Derrick himself wasn't overly fond of them.