Her voice startled Elisa and made her shiver a little. She did relax just a little though, realizing the woman could at least talk and she hadn’t just rescued the equivalent of a wild animal that might attack her. The way the woman looked, she might do that anyway, but Elisa had the rifle still, and her hand gun, though she was hoping she could reason with the woman rather than have to use either. ”That’s me alright. Are, um, are you okay?” She asked. ”Do you, I mean, are you hurt? Do you need… well, I’m not sure if a doctor could help you, but…”

The woman’s eyes stopped glowing and she just sort of looked at her curiously. ”You helped me… why?” She asked, holding her shoulder as though it were wounded.

”You looked like you needed it?” Elisa ventured. ”…look, I’m not going to pretend I know what’s going on here, who you are, you know, with the wings and everything, but you were being attacked, and it’s my job to help. Your arm looks hurt…”

”It will heal.” The woman told her. ”…you’re… strange, for a human.” She said, sinking down to the floor, apparently struggling to stay on her feet and failing.

Elisa dropped her rifle and went over to her. ”Hey…” She came over next to her without even really thinking it through weather it was a good idea or not. ”Hey… they really did a number on you, didn’t they?” She said, kneeling down next to her and touching her arm.

The woman hissed at her, her eyes glowing red again. ”Stay away.” She warned, causing Elisa to fall onto her butt from where she’d been crouching.

She couldn’t help it, it felt like her heart had leapt into her throat, her pulse sped up, she was scared. ”Hey… I’m… I’m sorry okay.”

The woman smiled just a little at that. ”…I suppose I should thank you… for what you’ve just done for me.” She said, not meeting Elisa’s eyes.

”…It’s the job, like I said.” Elisa repeated, sitting up, but keeping her distance this time.

”Perhaps – Most of your kind wouldn’t see it that way, in my experience… What makes you different, I wonder?” She asked, halfway between curious and suspicious.