| sundin13 said:
"Hello, I'm Simon. Nice to meet you," he said with an outstreched hand and plastic grin, like a used car salesman or something of the like. "Too damn friendly," he thought to himself, spinning away from Max before he had a chance to react. Turning back to Max, Simon attempted his introduction once again. "Uhh, yeah, hi. Its a little too noisy in the other room for me. What are you doing down here?" |
Max sensed Simon's awkwardness and realized he might have come on a bit strong. Certainly his coming down here would seem no less strange than Simon. Simon seemed oddly friendly for someone who chooses to hide away from everyone. Surprisingly genuine too, at least after his initial fumbling attempt at an introduction. He'd expected a more reserved and cautious reaction. He wasn't sure exactly what to make of Simon, but accepted the offered hand in a firm handshake.
"I see. I can empathize. I tried to get a little rest above, but between racing thoughts and all the noise up there, I gave up. The name's Max. I'll be honest, I never saw you leave the cabin and would never have found you down here if not for my thermal sensors. When I detected you I became suspicious that we had a potentially hostile stowaway, and came to investigate. You're quite skilled in stealth, it seems. That should come in handy in a mission like this in unfamiliar territory where we really don't know what we're up against, or even who the enemy is. All these heavily armed units will be useless without any intelligence on what our targets are. Any human we see could be an innocent bystander or one of the aliens."
