Lara was silent while Ellie vented. She could understand why people would say this place is safe, and why Ellie would be annoyed since it really isn't.

From what she heard from residents who were here before her, and the fact that she was just at an island full of dinosaurs when she first arrived in Paradisa? This place does not scream safe, even if it is for now.

This kid looks like she's been through hell. Not unlike her. But it makes her feel awful for the kid despite what seems like courage, she's too young to go through such things. Regardless, Lara took the image that she copied from Zelos' giant report on Paradisa, and took the crude sketch of a Collector.

"That's the closest image I could find. It was drawn by one of the residents who went on an expedition to a place called Terre Haute. It's far east of here, about a week's time on horse-back"

She planned on going there, but she had to test the waters first. It looks harder than she thought it would be, since she's already spent half of her ammunition just killing wolves and bears in the woods at the edge of the Dead Zone. How much more with monsters like these?