[ Is it a trap? It could be, he guesses. Maybe a test, pitting various stolen people against the sickness outside. The thought put into it delays his answer a few seconds more, and he has to admit he really can't discount the possibility. It won't change how he intends to approach things, though. ]

We are all in the trap, if so. Stay close to others for protection. [ Others like him, he's pretty confident that no government or military are going to be able to take him down. But she's still too wary of him for him to make an offer as blatant as that, he thinks. ]