"Maybe," he answered half truthfully with an innocent roll of one shoulder as he stepped into one of the side rooms to have a look around. People tended to resent what they couldn't have and he didn't want her to feel like he was rubbing it in or anything. "But people have always been pieces of shit - part of the human condition."

He ambled around a table, dishes left on from the breakfast whatever family had just finished. "Kinda does. Movie set. They used to build full towns to drop nukes on in the 30's and 40's - that's what this reminds me of. We should probably stick together, just in case the floor ain't as sound as it looks. No use riskin' getting trapped somewhere."

It was always 50/50 if someone was offended by the company or not, but she wasn't a cop or an agent and while he was sure she could take care of herself, it would really be less work for him, in case something did go wrong.