[If Eve was honest about his ability to handle the dead boars (he wasn't.), he'd insist he didn't need any help. Regardless, the streak of lilac darting by to provide assistance isn't unwelcome, and what she proceeds to do after cutting between him and the zombie boars definitely catches his attention. He's not exactly a stranger to decking things in the face and sending them flying, that's kind of one of his primary methods of fighting, but this little girl couldn't even be half his size.
She didn't feel human (probably), and didn't feel like any android he knew, so was she a new machine lifeform like him? One more native to wherever this place was? Was she something else? Did it even matter? Well, probably, but not right now and not really to him.
What did matter was the fact that he was standing there and staring like an idiot and she'd just decked something presumably dangerous for him. He couldn't just be shown up like that! So he ends up closing the distance between them, and kind of sort of stands with his back to her so he can either handle this side if they circle around or grab her and sprint out of there if necessary. Hopefully not necessary.]
So uh. What's going on here?
[She seemed like she'd know, with how she just rushed in like that.]
sophieeee... honorary machine lifeform don't listen to those dumb androids
She didn't feel human (probably), and didn't feel like any android he knew, so was she a new machine lifeform like him? One more native to wherever this place was? Was she something else? Did it even matter? Well, probably, but not right now and not really to him.
What did matter was the fact that he was standing there and staring like an idiot and she'd just decked something presumably dangerous for him. He couldn't just be shown up like that! So he ends up closing the distance between them, and kind of sort of stands with his back to her so he can either handle this side if they circle around or grab her and sprint out of there if necessary. Hopefully not necessary.]
So uh. What's going on here?
[She seemed like she'd know, with how she just rushed in like that.]