"Too messy." She said with a shrug. The comment of not wanting him dead stayed as a part of her internal commentary. She watched as he took off the helmet, storing the information in the back of her mind of how it worked... In case of emergencies, of course.

"Thank you." She noticed that his normally steady 'neutral' expression was as steady as it should be, but she made no comment on that. Taking a deep breath, she said the question that had been on her mind since she'd found him. "So, where do we stand?"

She was blunt, she knew. But, it was better than dancing around it forever.