He lets her guide him, but slips his hand out of her grasp once they've gone more than a few steps. He can follow without being pulled, thanks - and contact isn't something he's fond of with people he doesn't know well anyway. But again, she is quite kind and he's only withdrawing because that's just what he does with everyone.

The offer of food is certainly welcome, so he won't object to that. "I - yes, briefly, something dark. You've been leaving offerings for it? And it takes them?"