He happens to be looking right at Raine as her entire posture goes tense, and Erskine frowns slightly, his eyebrows knitting together. Was it something he said?

"I.... You're right. Okay. Forget it." It was a silly thought anyway. Raine's already said that she doesn't have all day, and dilly-dallying on the canals would just eat up the time he's planned for the rest of this little excursion. He nods and sets off down the walkway Raine has indicated.

A long couple of minutes passes before he tries again. "So... what have you been up to lately?"