She clambered up one of the more highly stacked mounds of dirt, looking around from there. She had half a mind to yell out for Varus, but her throat closed up. It seemed to desperate, as strange as it sounded, and she wouldn't have defended the preference if called out on it. But still, she didn't shout, she just observed.

For a few moments, she had half a mind to talk to the man. Partly to cover up the not-shouting thing, as minor as that was, and partly because as every second passed, the possibility of her having to take charge grew. At least in her mind it did. And if she had to be in charge, she'd have to form [i]some[/i] sort of connection with the others. Out of the people currently with them, she knew two well; Ryder -and that was a stretch-, and Varus. Six was as good a stranger as Rennac, even though he'd been there longer. Taerys was a different ball game, but that didn't matter either. Right now she had an opportunity to start setting a foundation, and if she didn't take it, she'd be making a mistake. Didn't mean she had to like it exactly, but still.

"Tell me why you joined the Dawn," she said more than asked, as if it were an attempt at inquiring about him. "If you get preachy, I'm shooting you."