[Deacon hadn't spoken to Ava since she rescued him from the Caducan ship. Like a total coward, he'd been avoiding her, afraid of seeing scorn and betrayal in her eyes, but it's a small ship and it's hard to avoid someone forever. He doesn't want to take the cowardly way out, but it's what he does. He runs, he hides, he lies. He's afraid of facing consequences.

He tenses nervously when his insomniac path crosses Ava's, but she's speaking to him so that's already not as bad as it could be.

He has a casual lie on the tip of his tongue to reply, a harmless, playful lie (about radiation glow making people stay up late because there's plenty of light) but under the circumstances he'd better try to avoid lying.]

Daylight is way more bright than it needs to be. And because I grew up underground, I burn super easy.

[Shit. Not what he meant to say.]

Uh...snipers. Out in the open, in daylight, I'd be an easy target for snipers.