[ he stalls as the other walks away, torn. on one hand his timidity is keeping him rooted in place because he's just a kid with a mask, but--

(on the other he is seized with a sudden need to not be alone)

--he follows in the other's wake, a step or two behind. ]

H-Have you seen anyone else? Since arriving here, I mean.

[ (he's not sure if it'd be better or worse to have been thomas' first, so to speak) ]