"Haha, I see that I might have startled you there. My apologies, but at least you know I'm here now."
Alex spoke, trying to ease the tension that had suddenly risen with the woman's reaction.
Considering she was naked and swimming alone in the river, he couldn't blame her for being apprehensive after seeing an unknown man approach her and call out to her.
There were many cases in history where this happened to women, who were never heard from again…
Alex had to be careful with his words, to not scare her completely into attacking him off the bat.
"I'm not trying to perv on you or anything like that, I promise! You see, I'm kind of lost… I'm looking for someone, but I don't even know where we are. Could you tell me where we are?"
Alex recomposed his previous question to make him seem more friendly, but like he was talking to a brick wall, the woman just kept on staring at him with the same deadpan expression.
