Others probably would have, but Six could recognize someone learning infiltration. If the kid was aiming to make trouble, he now knew who to keep an eye out for.

"What gave you away was you saying you were new. Most people who are new and lost would immediately recognize a medical area and turn around if it wasn't where they'd been aiming to go. People have a natural aversion to being near the ill due to self-preservation. If you'd said you were looking for a doctor or a patient and asked for a particular area -- patient rooms, x-rays, etc. -- you would've sold it since you'd have a solid reason to willingly be in such a place."

He placed his hand in his pockets. "As for the nanites, unfortunately they came along for the ride when I was dragged here. There's a worldwide plague of them where I come from, so we're making sure mine don't spread it here."

Or that he didn't transform into a rampaging monster.

"The name's Six."