Well, fucking great, Ellie thinks to herself as she rips her arm out of Joel's grip and staggers between him and Venus.

"Joel!" She snaps, glaring at him, putting an arm up to keep Venus from him. "He's just a kid, alright? Calm the fuck down."

She turned to Venus and Kankri extremely apologetically. "It's not the same back home. Anything there that doesn't look human is pretty much guaranteed to kill you dead. He didn't know any better."