Ayumu had already halted at the sound of him rising to his feet and being forced to pause, and when he spoke she halfway turned back toward him, expression warring between hurt and concern before finally settling somewhere between and a little closer to the former. "I didn't expect," she began, then hesitated, hands twisting in the fabric of her coat. "I mean, I..."

She sighed quietly, giving a brief glance over at the dozing Kenshin. "It was just dark out there and I was scared. And you...two, were so nice." Everything about her posture backed up her words: a little scared, a little upset, and rather embarrassed too. "I shouldn't have said where I was from."