"That's quite alright. I've no intention of turning around." Partially out of stubbornness, partially because she's certainly not going to let a small boy go into a dangerous situation on his own, and partially because she'll do anything that will help get herself, Vi, and Viktor get home, as well as all the other displaced people they've found themselves trapped with in this world.

The elevator shakes again, harder this time, and Caitlyn looks upwards half-expecting to see some sort of giant bird or bat attacking them. But it's too dark to see anything in the elevator shaft.

When she looks back down towards the boy... the person she sees is Jinx.

Reaching for the rifle is pure instinct. It's out and unfolded and aimed at Jinx in the span of a heartbeat.