As alibis go, Seoraj is a good one; he's 'that huge friendly bloke' to his cohort and 'Master Stoneshell' to his neighbourhood, a real salt of the earth kind of guy, as much of a pillar of the community as any of the new arrivals could hope to be. An uncomplicated man who takes pains to stay that way.

It's funny how complicated than can get, of itself.

Up here, though, it's clear air and the sense of relaxing back into his own skin. This is more familiar to him than city living, and it's easy to fall into step, to be quiet because they know what they're doing and there's not a lot that needs to be said, to-- sometimes catch himself listening for footfalls that aren't there, because it's only the two of them. (Not unheard of, before, but not his norm, either. Two men on foot meant coming or going and doing either with a certain degree of urgency, usually.)

"Shame we have to go back down," he remarks, mostly a joke.