[He smiles.]
Alright then. [A traveling companion! A human traveling companion! So many surprises these days.] I'll do my best to guide you.

[But he stops yet again.]
Though... there is another companion I am also planning on assisting... You do not mind that, do you? [He frowns uncertainly.] She is... in a bit of a predicament, you see, and is even more unaccustomed to human interaction than I am... [He supposes that might be a deal-breaker, having to travel with two socially inept weirdoes.]