Rosa was relieved that the others didn't want battle, or at least that they said they didn't. One had a gun (which he wouldn't take his hand off, which was hardly a good sign), and while Rosa had hers, the lack of cover in the desert was not something she wanted in a fight. Nor could she expect to close the distance between them before being hit multiple times, though she expected she'd win in melee. But that was besides the point. The point being that agression would be stupid and possibly suicide.

"I'm glad," Rosa said, in reply to the claims of peaceful intentions. The one with the gun had referred to the other as a 'new friend' - so they had just met. If they were bandits, they were simultaneously very rich and very disorganised, so they probably weren't bandits. Rosa decided to test her other theory instead. "Though, I can't help wondering: why would two heavily armoured men be out here in the desert, risking death from starvation, thirst, or, hell, even being throttled in their sleep? They wouldn't be looking for a certain pillar, would they?"