Mai'lo shook his head and sheathed his sword with a hissing rasp of steel. "No need," he said, holding his empty hands up to the newcomer. "Sorry, we're all a little jumpy. We did just discover that we're all trapped inside a death game."

He took a step forward and held out his hand for him to shake. "Names Mai'lo. We decided to party up, figuring safety in numbers." Mai'lo introduced everyone else ending wirh, "and Iris ran ahead, she was feeling restless so she's scouting the path."