[ They come along when he takes the steps away from the docks, raising a brow at his suggestion. ]

Were you planning on going someplace else? [ He should stay with them, right? They accent their little rhetorical question with a few more steps in the direction of town, shrugging. ] I feel like I'll just find you out here again later if I leave you behind.

[ Given the strangeness of both his and their behavior, they would vastly prefer to keep an eye on things than let things up to chance. At least this time he's not half a beast or in threat of hurting anyone but himself. ]