Consider me a friend, and you have fulfilled that particular task. [ don't worry, he's not a friendship person either, but he might be enough to full the compulsory drugs on that front. ]

We have a safehouse. People like us have been arriving in mysterious vans for a while. I can take you there instead, though I realize that may sound just as suspicious. But this bar itself is run and organized by others like us too, if you prefer to ask around for more opinions first.

[ it's a lot, but it's information, something to focus on to hopefully help stave her panic. ]