Her eyes close at those words, Scarlett pressing her lips together to keep the words trapped in her mouth. A thousand things she could say that would easily send him away, but she can't so easily force out. She hadn't had a friend in... well honestly, ever? Not unless Axel counted and even then she wasn't sure she could say what she and had was anything close to a traditional friendship. Hell if the world hadn't gone to shit she doubted they ever would have been anything close to friends and she wasn't sure that if it weren' for this place, she and the Soldier would have been either.

Or maybe, in a messed up way, he was the only person she could have been friends with. If only she had a clue how to feel about that.

"I'm alright." Managing to infuse some sincerity into her voice as she opens her eyes to look at him again. "Not sure I can say the same for anyone around me but - " But she's used to things being fucked up like this. Hell, she was probably one of the few who found a level of familiarity in this current situation. "Just a bit on edge is all."