[Comparing this to her earlier behavior, he had a good guess it was predatory posturing; she wasn't the dominant one wherever she'd been, but she knew better than to act otherwise. He did move the hand that'd been in his pocket to idly run fingers through his hair; if she noticed to guess, fine, if not, well, he could hold onto the fact that he'd been armed the whole time easier.]

That's about all that I expect of most; self-interest. I wasn't speaking idealistically earlier; it was pragmatism - I expect this place to turn dangerous very soon, and infighting tends to drop survival rates.