"No, I didn't suppose you'd believe that one," Erskine sighs good-naturedly, still smiling. He doesn't offer any further explanation, however, hoping that Raine will become too preoccupied with speaking to her staff to bother pressing the issue.

Honest emotion? What's that?

Once outside, Erskine pauses in place for a moment and looks around, trying to orient himself within the city. He walked that way, from the Hotel, and that way is the Fire Sector, which means that way--

"This way," he says, nodding his head vaguely. There are several food stands in that direction, so there's nothing out of the ordinary in suggesting it.