Nick noticed the sense of fear in the assistant's voice. He figured she'd be useless if he didn't try to calm her down, so he kept his voice in a bored monotone as he spoke, [b]"[i]Please[/i]. Either Mr. Bergman or Nick. Now, I have had a few people start calling me Monsieur over at The Louvre, since getting married, but honestly... that's my [i]spouse[/i]. Either way, none of this [i]contractor [/i]nonsense."[/b]

[b]"...What do you see?"[/b]

Hands rested in folded arms as Nick surveyed the dragon-like mass that approached him. While it seemed angry, it was slow and cumbersome. No need to waste ammo over this. He spoke to the assistant pointedly, [b]"I don't think the locals are human, so I'm not going to bother with it for now."[/b]

Nick noticed the tunnel the dragon came from, but decided to head over to the ruins instead. As long as he kept his eye on the beast, it didn't seem like too much trouble. Maybe it had a nest and would leave him alone once it realized he was not a threat. The ground was shaky beneath his feet at best, but made him stumble at worst. The bits and shards of stone foundation under his feet, indicated some kind of explosion had happened. He couldn't help but think said explosion had happened relatively recently. Why would HiveMind lead him into believing these were just ancient ruins?

With a bit of a climb, he gained some height and rebalanced himself. Nick looked around at the ruins, realizing he'd lost scope of the dragon. Exactly [i]what [/i]had he gotten himself into this time? He wondered about the possibilities as he questioned the assistant, [b]"Is there anything new added to the file about this place? Like, who lived here and why?"[/b]