The ax is only useful if she's skilled in using it in a fight and while he doesn't know if she's skilled or to what level, he's really not looking for one. That being said, he stops out of swinging range of the ax. No reason to push his luck with so much still unknown.

Tilting his head, he narrows his eyes slightly. "So I'm not the first." Useful to know but at this point doesn't tell him much. The scrubs she's mentioned, he's still wearing. They're hunter green under the mud and grime from skulking around wet in the forest. "To what purpose?"