"R." She sounds skeptical. It's not much of a name. And he might be talking, but you can hardly call what he's saying full sentences. And while she's curious herself, she's also not interested in dying today. Indulging curiosity isn't enough of a reason to be stupid. Not without Shaun here to watch her back, anyway.

"Why haven't we met before?" The settlement only has so many people. It's not impossible there's someone with a single letter name that she hasn't run into before, but he sounds like she'd remember him. Slurred speech is a sign of amplification, at least where she's from, so it's something she'd pay attention to. Unless it's new, and that's even more worrying.

Goddamn, does she ever miss blood tests.