The cat drops his roll and comes over, meowing and pawing at the kid's knee. Hey. Dude. Chill. It's ok. "Mow?"

Jen blinks sadly and looks down. "You must have run into some of the bad ones. There were a lot like that. Specially before the war ended. Not going to lie to you about that. But around here nobody's gonna go after you unless you cause lots of problems. Got no reason to." She makes sure not to move from where she is.

"What...happened that makes you think that way?"