Just his luck to attract the attention of a persistent person, isn't it? Then again given the circumstances, he'd rather that the persistence come from a questioning onlooker than from the group of attackers. They haven't bothered trying to slink back since they'd run off, and if the price is having to deal with some questions, well, there are certainly worse things.

Right?

"Why do you want to know?" He knows it's not natural, what he can do. He knows that there are very few people who could come close — though he's not sure that still applies in this place. Even so, she seems very eager to know, and he's not sure that he's entirely comfortable with it.