Their real introduction this time, Daniel found himself sharing the sentiment. Better circumstances would have been nice, though admittedly any circumstances were better than these. At least they didn't have the official authorities looking for the yet. Being labeled a terrorist or something like that wasn't exactly the thing you recovered from. 

He drove on, sparing the occasional glance to his new passenger as he headed away from where they had been, and towards out of the state His mind was on more mundane affairs, such as money, supplies, where they would rest, where they would go that sort of thing. She, presumably, had nothing, and he had next to nothing since he couldn't get back to his motor home. He was increasingly turning to another option, though it was one he didn't relish. That was, leaving the country entirely and going to a country where the USA couldn't reach him altogether. But he wasn't sure if that was an option he wanted to try right now.

Drowsiness grew, but he forced himself to stay awake. Alexis speaking up helped there. "I'm not going to blame you for that," he said with a shrug. "I'd probably have done the same thing.if I were in your position." And that was true. "Well, now that we're in this, I guess I can help teach you what I know, so you can do more with your magic and do what you need to do if we ever part ways." Or if he got captured. But he left that unsaid.