The arm around her waste was a comforting one, and served as a way of keeping her from feeling as though the storm was separating the two of them by miles. She really was enjoying her time with him, and was almost finding herself wondering if their interaction would continue on like it was when and if they found their way back home. Idly, she wondered just how selfish it was of her to wish they didn't make it back, if that were going to be the case. Probably not too selfish, she decided. After all, if she could just get things back on a good track with her other father, and if Peter, and her mother and brother, would show up, things would be about as close to perfect as Claire could imagine them being.
For the time being, however, she was focused on Nathan and trying to build some sort of a relationship from the destruction they'd both partaken in since they'd first met. And that meant staying focused on the conversation at hand rather than getting lost in her own thoughts.
"That works," she agreed lightly. It was definitely easy to tell which direction the wind was blowing and to turn so they were moving with it. Her hair blew about slightly but the umbrellas managed to keep the gusts from attacking them fully. As they began to walk, Claire started to take notice of things around her.
Already the signs of too much water were starting to show. With a light frown born from concern, she glanced back to Nathan. "If this rain doesn't stop we're going to have to figure out some way to get away from it, before much longer," she commented. Her gaze slid past him, to one of the local vendors as they passed by his shop, and her frown became a bit more puzzled. "And is it just me or are these people acting like the sky isn't falling in around them?"
She couldn't help it. The locals in this place really freaked her out.