[ He admires the way she schools herself back from the edge. There's grit and steel there, under the bravado. ]

Colorado huh? [ He wipes a finger over the nearest wall, sniffs the dust that comes off on his glove. Same as before, as the whole place -- old. Dead. Not even enough left of what it was to give a hint of what's going on. ]

I was in New York. One minute steppin' outta my place, the next I was here, in some goddamn radio shack, feelin' like I've been dropped outta a plane. [ He glances back at the kid. ] You seen anyone else? Besides me? Any bad guys?