When she offered her hand, Derek took it and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, Elsa." There was a difference between knowing someone's name and actually meeting them, as far as he was concerned, so even though he'd already known it, it was nice for her to introduce herself anyway. That way, it shifted a little; now he knew it on Elsa's terms. That felt decidedly better to Derek.

"You don't have any idea what you could've done?" he asked. Was that sympathy on his face? Surely not...

This place was hard enough to navigate physically as it was, because the layout was a hot mess, but trying to also navigate the ridiculous rules while also trying to pretend to be unaware of the rules entirely was a feat, that was for sure. He couldn't blame her for not knowing, but he wondered if she thought about it long enough, if she could come up with a general idea so that he could try to help her weigh her options here. He'd take the fall for failing a mission; Derek imagined that to be a lesser punishment than most other things because, after all, he was only human.

Human. Not werewolf. Weak, breakable, fragile little human.