"what lad? Yeah, sure, it's cool by me. I think we ought to give the ladies some room of their own though don't you?" He laughed for a bit before sitting up. True, there was safety in numbers, and this guy seemed to know the safe zone fairly well. "We're all apparently headed the same way, so We might as well stick together while we can. Easier to defend when you have 4 people watching your back than just one right?"<br/><br/>He looked back to Cali. Was he getting more defensive of her now that there were more people here? He patted the cot next to his, inviting her over. He wanted to get to know her a little more, this mysterious woman that had intrested him so.