Loxley keeps an arm curled around her as well as they start to move, the familiar path down from the docks, towards part-flooded streets of Lowtown. Knows to guide them in the left side, where the stone raises up out of mud, and they can spare their boots a little.

"I did," he says. "And then the impromptu Scouting meeting. I'm to be charming the habit off of a Revered Mother. Thought I might crack open the Chant, see what that's all about."

You know, he'd always meant to get around to it.

"And," he adds, "if there's anything I can do to make your life easier, I'll be Gallows-side for the while."