This girl was definitely strange, but Sam actually appreciated the strangeness right now.
"Yeah, I hope that's how it works," he started, before seeing the slight irony of that statement. Hope. Another emotion.
He noted her reaction with a concerned frown. And he nodded. Their stories sounded similar.
"I'm sorry." And he meant it as much as she had. "Let me guess, humans created the machines, the machines evolved then decided to turn against their creators? Resulting in war and all around badness?" He offered her a small smile. Definitely a familiar story.
"So this John Connor guy. He can stop it? Do you know how?"