The corner of his mouth quirks through the whole speech, but he doesn't object. He knew better than to tell her that getting all angry about it wasn't going to fix the cold. Especially to someone who seemed like they had the impenetrable trifecta of stubborn, naive, and personally invested.

"Nah. Not by herself."

Kids will do plenty of stupid things for approval, but he doubts the little girl would try anything on her own unless she was put up to it out of desperation. She couldn't be blamed for that. What concerned him more were some of the looks they were getting from one or two individuals he'd spotted in the crowd. Whether they were connected was something he was still trying to assess.

Evie gets a nudge from his iron hand, attempting to get her to glance in the same direction he did. Maybe she could spot the one or two suspicious characters that had been studying them.

"- Bloodthirsty eyes," he says, offering that as his only hint before he keeps moving forward.