There had been an apology on his lips, ready to go if whomever he'd bumped into was a.) human and b.) not about to kill him. He even opened his mouth to speak when she got to it first. His eyebrow rose slowly as she proceeded to reprimand him. When she'd finished, the first words out of his mouth were, "I'm sorry but I didn't see you."
But he wasn't really feeling it now. "There were noises from that alley." He turned sideways to point down the street to where his attention had last been drawn. "And I kind of like it when if I'm attacked, it's done to my front so I'm not stabbed in the back." He dropped his arm. "So, you know, just in case, don't go past there."