He wasn't in this to kill people when he didn't have to. Even belligerent humans. Especially belligerent humans! But it was better to let on as little as possible and come off as ambiguous, for now.

Wiping sweat from his palms he rearmed himself and approached Ravi, eyes still wide and pinned, flickering when he blinked. He didn't hold himself like Julien, or walk in quite the same way. Possible allies or no, there was no way he'd have said the truth here. Or not the whole truth.

"I was just in the area when I met my new friend, here, who missed." He indicated her with a minimal jerk of his head. There was blood on the shelves he'd been shot against, but his clothing had absorbed some. "I didn't bring a gun, but I don't think she has the right license, so that resolved itself. What do you call this place, by the way?"