"Yeah, my mom'll raise hell again when she finds out I ended up here... wherever here is, but I'm out a lot. Probably won't work it out for a while," he grumbled.

"But, ya know, we're adults! Just tell her ya took a walk, got some fresh air." She looked about his age, even if in reality she was two years his senior. With his arms folded to his chest, if anything to drive out a little of the cold, he marched onward.