[his smile nearly splits his face in two, but his voice is quietly dignified]
It is the very least I can do, PM.
[feeling buoyed up a little more, he takes her hand and leads her down the alley, to another cross-street. He takes her through a winding path between buildings and hedges that would have gotten someone without his inborn sense of direction hopelessly lost, but soon they emerge onto their Sector 4 street.]