Martin Vickers
Pachirisu Gijinka
Rustwall City
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii @Awasfriend

Martin looked at Xie curiously as she asked Doctor Morgan about Vault Tech employees ever visiting Rustwall city. She then mentioned how she and Terri came from a vault that had intended to be used for training soldiers.

"I believe there are a few," he replied with a slight nod. "I know Damien, who lives at the far west end of town has some connections to Vault Tech. He might be able to help you. Besides him, the only other one I knew of was Rachel Hayes, but she's moved on from this town years ago."

It was then that Xie had given Martin her used pistol. He nodded a bit sheepishly as he took it.

"Thanks," he smiled. "I didn't expect a reward, but I appreciate it!"

But he wasn't up for telling Xie about the truth. At least not at that moment. He knew he was going to have to find some moment to tell her something that only he and Doctor Morgan knew. The fact that the EvoTox Doctor Morgan had to reconfigure was eventually going to turn him into a Pachirisu that wouldn't be able to use Xie's pistol at all. But, he felt now wasn't the right time. Maybe later, but hopefully not too much later. Not while it was happening...

"This world is so much different than I imagined," Xie told him. "It's so much desert. I was told there was greenery and life on many places around the earth, including around the vault. While this could have changed while I was asleep, there's no way it was this drastic. After all I couldn't have been kept under for more than a decade without dying. Sure a lot changes in ten years, but not like this. At least, I don't think."

"Yeah, I remember what our vault books said..." Martin agreed. "I'm hoping green places like that still exist. You know, maybe in places where all this devastation didn't happen. There's got to be at least a few places that made it out okay."

He was being hopeful. Considering all that had happened to Xie, he felt she could really use some of that hopeful optimism that kept him going despite all that had happened to him.