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Tabitha doesn't answer his first question, tears still falling down her cheeks. When he moves back she does become less tense, the temperature rising once more. When he notices the ice and questions her about it however, she backs off from him, great sorrow noticeable on her face.

"I'm human just like my family and just like you." She can't bring herself to look at him, too afraid to see the fear of her in his eyes. When he becomes authoritative again she jumps again, looking up at him in surprise. The temperature does drop again, but the distance was great enough to not affect him again, though the temperature was causing her to shiver.

"It's not a matter of common sense, its a matter of surviving. I don't want to die, I almost did once as is." Trying to wipe away her tears she gets up the courage to answer him properly. "I don't want to hurt anyone, at least not intentionally. But there are those out there who want to hurt me as I've found out from experience. They might even kill you if they found out you were with me, because...well..." Throwing up her hand she creates an icicle that spears up towards the sky, then brings down her hand to turn it into snow.

"I don't know if the water is clean since I'm not from here. But there's a group of people not infected living near here so I would think the water is safe." Tired and more relaxed now, the temperature returns to normal. "And what's an...obi...?" She falls back against the metal wall behind her, coughing and shivering from the affects of the cold. "Darn, I let myself get too cold again. Oh, wait, I can make the blood stuff flowing for you, that's the filth on your head as you keep calling it." Watching him she waits for his answer.