"Yeah, not an ideal situation. I don't much like not bein' armed, you know?" He inspected her baretta closely. "Looks like a good weapon. And I didn't know there was one of those here; where is it?"

He smiled a bit at her comment about the food. "Doesn't sound too appetizin', but that might just be me." Then, he nodded at her comment about not fighting, but didn't say anything until she mentioned telepaths. "Telepaths? Real, genuine telepaths?" He looked at her a little skeptically as he replied.