[ and haru is right on his heels, hand pressed loosely against his side, eyes fixed on the stranger's back as he tries to keep up. the last thing he wants to do is lose his rescuer in this blizzard, especially with that sleigh thing still out there. ]

.. I know. This started up so suddenly-- [ it had been fine one minute, a blizzard the next. he'd been trying to make his way home, but.. well, it's so hard to tell where he is right now.

he blinks at the question, lifting his free hand to wipe snow out of his face. ]

I-- I was trying to go check on Kogi-san. I haven't heard from him in a while and he wasn't answering his phone and-- and I wasn't sure if maybe he wasn't just lost or something. [ a beat, then a weary noise almost loud enough to be heard over the wind. ] Some of my swords still haven't quite gotten the hang of the metro. [ it's probably a sign of how weird his life's become that he doesn't even pause to consider that phrase strange. ]