[center][h3]Sam Thurston[/h3][/center]
Sam couldn't help but grin with pride when the young man complimented her choice of weapons. She had definitely gotten a lot out of the little fella. Plenty of skulls had been cut open and it had proven a useful companion whenever she ran out to get supplies. She much preferred it over guns, which she'd always seen as tacky and boring. Whoever this fella was, if he was sporting the same weapon as her then he definitely had great tastes and was alright in her book.

When he brought up the subject of some sort of recompense for his possible services as an escort back to the bank, she only smiled. Quid pro quo - it was something she was more than familiar with, even before this mess started. People never gave anything for free; there's always something you've got to give. Fortunately, Sam was well aware on how to traverse these kind of situations. [b]"No prob, Bob. Didn't you say you were heading out for supplies? I still have some to share over at the bank."[/b] She finished off her offer with a grin, which only slightly faltered when she still felt the distrust radiating off him like the biter's stench. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes. It was an attitude she'd seen plenty and she wished Ace was there to talk them out of their nerves. He was always the one that was better at all the talking.

[b]"I'm not gonna backstab you, so stop being so tense. You're gonna die of high blood even before these biters get you,"[/b] she quipped, paired with a light chuckle. Her eyes shifted back out to the streets where a slowly straggling biter seemed to have been roused by their conversation. She turned back to her companion and nodded in the general direction of the biter. With her voice considerably lowered, she said, [b]"Might wanna scram before we get trapped in this alley. Trust me. Seen it happen and it was not pretty."[/b]

Her eyes came up to the fire escape. They could get to high ground and make their way to the bank by jumping from roof to roof, but some had alleys between them far wider than she'd originally anticipated ([i]she almost fell from one after overestimating her leaping abilities and ended up alerting the biters in the building with her excited laughter[/i]). They could go to the streets, but who knew how many biters were out there. With a sigh, she smiled to her companion. [b]"Take the reigns,"[/b] she said with a slight fluorish of her free hand before adding as an afterthought, [b]"Name's Sam, by the way."[/b]