"Are you alright?" Shoji asked in a calm tone. He could actually see that Axel was fine, but he just wanted to make sure.
"Yeah. I'm fine. How about you guys?" Axel asked in return.
"I'm fine. That lizard is nothing. Right, Rama?" Shoji looked at Rama with a smile.
Rama nodded, then turned to Axel. "I'm Rama."
"Oh, and my name is Shoji."
"It's Axel."
"What were you actually doing here?" Rama asked.
The question made Axel look uneasy. "Did you guys see what happened outside?"
Rama and Shoji exchanged glances. If they answered yes, it would only confirm that they were intruders.
"It's okay. You saved me, so I consider you guys good people," said Axel. "Although I don't know how you ended up here, but now we're stuck. So, wouldn't it be better for us to cooperate?"
Rama nodded. "Yeah. We can work together until we get out of here."