She's beginning to notice, but decides that's all the more reason not to let go. Whatever's prompted his belief in street cleaning, his fear seems genuine enough... and she can't just leave him to it without trying to offer some comfort.

"I won't," she promises. It's an easy one to make; the People are probably the only ones on the island who could take any harm from a street cleaner. "But there's one about eight blocks away on Park, heading north. If we walk quickly, we could catch it."