"You must be parched." Even knowing it's a person, it's kind of hard not to threat the dog like it's. Well, a dog, and he has to fight the urge to reach out and give it a little scratch behind the ears. (Credit to the act where it's due.) But curiosity must be sated, a person doesn't just hang out across from a school for three days for no apparent reason.

"What are you hanging around out here for?" He asks like he's not expecting an answer, and he's not. Not verbally anyway. "One of your kids go here?"