[This is fine with Nadine. He's not coming any closer, but he's not leaving her alone, either. It's appreciated. If he was going to make trouble, he already had plenty of opportunity to.]

I think the power grid gets overloaded. It's like a rolling blackout, it should come back on...at some point.

[Probably. She's just making a logical guess, based on what she knows of this place so far. Whatever, she's lived without power for months. A few hours to a night aren't that big a problem. She just needs to stay alert and be cautious.

Which makes her pause before answering the next question. He hasn't made any sort of threatening gesture or comment, and is keeping his distance. But a woman alone has to be careful.]

I'll be fine, but thank you. Kind of reminds me of home, actually. Just with more people.

[She's not going to announce that she's armed, but she's pretty sure she can shoot any serious threat in time. In her experience, that takes care of the threat pretty well.]