Niko blinked. Then ducked as the Great buzzaxe buried itself above his head in the tree. Then blinked again. That psycho just said something intelligible, and not only that, but it was relevant to the conversation at hand! Perhaps this was not as doomed an effort as he had originally thought. But the psycho wasn't out of surprises just yet, He then did something Niko had never heard of a psycho doing before; He showed his face from beneath the mask he wore. The face beneath the mask was not nearly as old and scarred as Niko might have assumed. The man's gaunt features and too pale skin made ones hairs stand on end His eyes were deep and cold and Niko shivered as their gaze met. This psycho... no... this person had seen things, horrors that might bring a different man to his knees. In the depths of those red pools, flickered a battle of 2 forces wrestling for control. One glance on that face and Niko knew he had crossed paths with someone very dangerous. 

But there was no turning back at this point so might as well press on recklessly ahead! Niko takes a moment to regain his normal cheery demeanor and then says "OH MAN! Your a smart one! Haven't seen one of those before. In any case, you had some bullets in your legs a while ago. Im willing to bet whoever put them there knows where the nearest civilization is. thats a place i'd very much like to be. So i figured if i didn't kill you, id have a better chance of finding a city. Also you're pretty interesting so im glad I'm not as trigger happy as some bandits around. I'm Niko by the by! and this here is sven." he says gesturing at the gecko who was at this moment making his way up Niko's lapel. "he says hi!".