Sonya was taken aback by the dwarf. Not necessarily him approaching her, she'd had plenty of people approach her. It was the fact that he had done so and was being [i]friendly[/i]. She resisted the urge to raise an eyebrow in skepticism, and instead gratefully accepted the part. It was an important one, and she doubted that she'd have been able to find it in the sand. 

"Thanks for that, only so much you can carry before things start to fall. You'd think we'd have sleds or something laying around for carrying stuff, wagons, something." She studied the dwarf, he didn't seem to have any deception in mind, and she was pretty sure she hadn't seen him before. Maybe he was new, that might explain it. 

She shrugged internally. Regardless, she wasn't going to complain about somebody who didn't avoid her like she was going to burst into hellflame at any second. In fact, he was a dwarf, perhaps someone she could talk mechanical theory with. After all, most people here hadn't exactly had the chance to study at a pre-Calamity university and learn all the secrets held in the books of a university. For the most part they simply knew that the cylindrical bits moved and that the big empty thing held something in it. Her attempts to explain fuel pumps, torque, and air intakes were almost always futile. If this dwarf was like most dwarves she'd met pre-Calamity... Then again he hadn't recognized the part... She decided to risk it, worst case scenario he didn't understand anything.

"And actually, yes, I could definitely do with the help. Need to get these over to my tent and then go and see Blim. I can carry them there, though if anything else falls I'd definitely appreciate it if you'd pick those up. I've got a bit of extra water for the trouble, if you want."

The dwarf agreed, and she continued to shuffle across the sand. The sun glared down on her, burning pinpricks of heat peppering any exposed skin. Luckily she had shoes, or the sand would be torture as well. Even so, she felt the heat through her boots, and was thankful they kept the sand out.

With the dwarf's aid, sorting all her various parts was considerably faster than normal, though he seemed to need help figuring out what went where in her various toolboxes and spare parts boxes, which disappointed her. Still, she held out hope, and even if he didn't have advanced mechanical knowledge, he had still approached her willingly and amicably, which nobody else had before. 

He definitely did want the extra water, though. She couldn't blame him really, the desert sun was evil. Forget demons, the sun was what people should've focused on exorcising before the Calamity, maybe it'd be less hot.

Shaking her head at the fanciful notions, she stood from the last box, having sorted the last few pieces into it. "Thanks a lot. I would've been at that an hour if you hadn't helped." She glanced outside, catching sight of Blim's tent. "Sorry to leave you, but I've got to go see Blim, since that's apparently what Dwellers do when the tribe changes locations. Feel free to make yourself at... well I guess it wouldn't be home, but comfortable. If books interest you there are some in that chest there. I'll be back in, I don't really know, hopefully not too long."

Leaving the Dwarf to his devices, she began walking to Blim's tent. It was considerably nicer than her own tent, but that wasn't a particularly high standard to hold it to. Regardless, it looked like something she wouldn't have been surprised to see a well off merchant camping in before the Calamity. 

Pushing through the entrance she stood awkwardly by it as she always did. His book caught her eye. It seemed... familiar. She couldn't place it, but it did seem familiar. Maybe she'd glanced at it at a library at some point. 

"So I'm here." She shifted uncomfortably, "That book looks familiar, what's it called?"