She watched him for a moment in silence and then disappeared into the bathroom for a moment, returning with a wet stone. She took a seat nearby and one of her machetes and began to sharpen it. While there might not be any undead to try and kill her outside, it was always useful to have a sharp blade.
After a moment as her thoughts were still processing everything, Alce decided she wanted to know what was the same and what differed.
"I woke up in a mansion. Don't remember a lot before then. They hit me with nerve gas or something when the hive went into lockdown. Found out later the guy I worked with tried to steal the virus and let some of it lose in the labs. Killed everyone down there." Which wasn't entirely accurate, but she was trying to give the cliffnotes version. "First time I saw the infected. First time I saw mutations, too. A strange mutation that looked like its brain was on the outside and had a really big tongue..." Not a favourite of hers.
"Ended up in Raccoon city after that. Met up with some rogue Umbrella operatives. Nikolai and Carlos." She paused at Carlos' name, took a breath, and continued. "With them and the help of some STARS operative... Jill Valentine, in particular, we were able to save a little girl named Angela and escape, but that's when we ran into Nemsis." Or, Matt
"I went off grid for a while, but recently met up with Carlos and some other people. LJ, K-Mart, Claire Redfield."
She stopped there. The whole story didn't really matter. Alice was searching for people they might have in common.