"Good. I mean, I'm glad." Even with the police looking for the perpetrator, he still felt uneasy being out in the world alone, knowing that the guy was still out there, somehow. Hopefully this was a passing feeling for just that night, because he prided himself on his independence.

"I will pay for your fare, of course," he says as they make their way out of the studio lot and turn toward the rail station down the block.