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[horreur]

"Oh." Deliberately and carefully chosen though his routes are, his way to and from home are slightly different. It's more of a loop than a straight line. So the work a few blocks from here is, in fact, news to him. Perhaps he could really use Jae's company on his walk home after all. At least until the way is clear for Aeron, though if Jae really does choose to join him for the entire journey, he wouldn't hate the company. "I'm usually better about checking for that sort of thing before I leave home, but I guess I left in a bit too much of a hurry today."

[devouringdark]

"They just started a couple of days ago," he points out helpfully. Not that it matters but.... "I think they're replacing the light posts. So they have the sidewalk all... messed up." No worries, Aeron! Jae will help you get through that stretch of road!

"My name's Jae."

[horreur]

"I haven't been in town for a while," he muses out loud to try to further explain his lack of knowledge. It's been even longer since he's come in during the middle of the day. Travel when the least amount of people are out. Leave less space for something to go wrong. Truthfully, he should consider moving to a place with an actual address and start using those delivery apps that have come around in recent years.

Why did the humans have to come up with a convenient service after he'd gotten himself settled and comfortable in his cabin?

"My name's Aeron." He pauses a moment as he looks toward the sound of Jae's voice behind the blindfold. "So, do you often find yourself lending a hand to helpless strangers?"

[devouringdark]

"Yes," he chirps in reply. Less often when they're awake, but often enough even then, too. It still counts if they don't know he's lending a hand, right? Like, by eating their nightmares for them? "I feel like it's important to be kind to others."

[horreur]

"It is important, yeah," Aeron agrees. He tries to be kind to make up for all of the death he's caused. He tries to be kind to make up for all of the death he will cause. But it's hard when he has to keep his distance from people, when looking at them will kill them quickly and being too close to them for too long will kill then slowly. Maybe his self-imposed isolation is the greatest kindness he can show to people. With that in mind, Aeron actually takes about half a step away from the sound of Jae's voice. Put a little extra distance between them. It's not like anything will happen to Jae if they're just walking together. Just a precaution.

"So, I actually have a cabin in the woods just outside of the city." Just get that out of the way now. Aeron understands that a lot of people may not be comfortable being lead into the woods by a stranger. "I can navigate the woods pretty well on my own..." If Jae would prefer to opt out of that part of the journey.