Shepard might not get the chance to respond about her people's welfare as Tess comes limping from around the corner of a tall shelf with a book in hand and flipping through the pages with a frown. "Can you believe this shit?"

She pauses as she sees the two of them there and looks between them, looking at Joel first and then to the woman with short auburn hair. Her brows come together and then Tess is straightening up, snapping the book shut.

"I didn't know you had company." Obviously the woman is someone Joel knows, they aren't trying to kill each other.