"Nice to meet you," and she does mean that somewhat sincerely. She's trying not to let herself be too much of a grump, given the circumstances.Rank is certainly important among any class of people back home, and besides, Kurt is far too formal for someone who's stuck here in the same situation she is. But a warrior, clearly, given his extensive scars.

There's the faintest flicker of what could be concern as she notes what few are visible here to her now - Vex has seen scarring before, has a few of her own at that, but nothing so extensive. Torture..? What sort of things was this man subjected to to leave marks like that? At least in the Ceta's defense, they look too old to be inflicted by them.

"Spoken like a man who has never met a vampire," Vex replies dryly, though her nose wrinkles a bit at some of the words used. She's not sure what radiation is, but it's unlikely to be good. "Unshielded, or certainly set up incorrectly. Not enough of the right materials use, or the caster simply sucked at their job." Met a few of those in her time. "The medics I've known tend to want to slap you with a bill of clean health and a bill for gold, then send you on your way. Unless they're your resident cleric, anyway." Something about being pledged to the divine made folks a little less money orientated. more for her

"Ugh." Vex shudders at the thought. "That, I agree with." Gilded cages are still that, after all.