Thellim doesn't like the surrounding connotations of the untranslated term 'war zone'. She does not like them at all. Anger and death and danger to innocents.
"I am -"
No she's not supposed to speak, she's supposed to think loudly in this person's direction. If any of that is actually necessary at all, but it seems to work so she'll just go on doing it until she has time for experimenting to see which parts are actually necessary.
:I think I could probably climb on top of the animal, especially if you give me a hand up. Is it difficult to stay on it once you're on top?: