Ashleigh listened to Anna's few instructions. They weren't anything that she wasn't planning on doing anyway, but it was nice to be told things for her own safety. As she followed the other woman, chatter over the comm system could be heard. It was Derrick, though he wasn't talking to Anna or herself, there was another. The soft tone in his voice wasn't one that she would expect him to use with Utem, so this must be someone new. What are the odds that they find someone already?<br/><br/>Stepping up by Derrick, it was clear that his posture and his tone was a relaxed one. Ashleigh tried using that monocle thing that Anna gave her, but fumbled with it. She really, really hated the dark. This left the only clues to figure out exactly what was going on - Anna pointing her weapon into the woods, and Derrick insisting that she didn't.<br/><br/>"A survivor..." Ashleigh said softly, not wanting to alert that person to her. "Whatever you do, don't spook her. Not just because she is still amongst those who can use her brain, but I could collect some blood samples, see if she has a sort of immunity or if the virus is dormant inside of her." There has been very little evidence of such a thing occurring, but the scientist has always been thorough in her research. To back up her words, Ashleigh placed a hand on the top of Anna's weapon, applying soft pressure to suggest that she lower it.<br/><br/>She was about to speak aloud to the woman in question, but Derrick's conversation with her turned into something far more sensitive. His daughter, someone that he had seldom mentioned, is close by. Not that Ashleigh was going to be a prude about the mission, but this was officially a conflict of interest, and Anna is likely to take exception. Scientists aren't supposed to be mediators, too.<br/><br/>"Okay... Anna? Should we try to find Utem? He hasn't piqued up on the comms." Ashleigh was the one to use the soft, relaxed tone this time. She didn't want to spoke this girl by crowding her with a bunch of people that fell from the sky, and she could only assume that Derrick would do well to convince her that they were only acting in her best interest.