Adrian shook his head, it was typical human behavior. The ship was lost, better destroyed than have vampires flying about on an unregistered, relatively unnoticeable ship. [b]"Thanks, I suppose."[/b] He did nod in agreement, the sprain would probably have to wait until he was back in the land of civilized, human, people though, he didn't expect her to actually do much to help yet. Her comment got a nod in agreement, leaning on his rifle like a cane, taking the weight off his bad ankle at the moment. Her comment was true, but he did offer a counter argument. [b]"Imagine a foe that is stronger, faster, and more durable than you, that your only advantage is technology. And now imagine they have one of your greatest advantages in that field, you'd sooner break it than allow them to have it, right?"[/b] It was cold arithmetic of war. Casualties of few, to save hte lives of many. Not that he liked it, such waste was not something that sat well with him, which was probably all too obvious.

Any other day of the week, had you told Adrian he would be relying on a sympathetic vampiress, that he wounded and helped capture, to half carry him to safety after being, in essence, boarded and shotdown on one of the nicer airships in the fleet, he would have gawked. But, here he was, metaphorical horse shot out from under him, a vampiress bringing his arm about her shoulders to support his weight and help carry him to safety. [b]"I appreciate the concern ma'am, and agree with the sticking together. I'll know if Order goons are after us, signs you'd miss a mile wide, and I'm one of their better ones, whether they realized it or not."[/b] He wasn't comfortable being limped along like that, but he kinda had to suck it up and deal with it. The grove unnerved him, the utter lack of daylight would do that to a man. He returned the introduction in kind, inclining his head her way. [b]"Adrian, Adrian Shieldworth, former Commenwealth Captain. I suppose at your service is also appropriate?"[/b] As she sat him down on the rock, he flinched a bit, holding his comments and pain inside as she checked his ankle. His ankle was shattered clean across the bone, not just sprained, and proved a key injury to take care of, and flinched a few times until she finished. [b]"Thank you, I didn't expect you to help more than your stuck doing right now, honestly."[/b] Might as well be civil, since they were going to be here for awhile, and so was he.