But how do you make it whole? Theodore wanted to ask. Certainly just bringing flowers wasn't the answer. What could souls take from flowers? Yes, he'd seen them starting to wilt, but still.
"It probably isn't safe to wander together," Theodore considered. "But things of the dark fear the light, and those people who are feared like to stay in the shadows." He held out his free arm, like he was truly escorting her. Why not? She was younger, seemed very vulnerable, and crippled as he might be, Theodore was far from helpless. "But if they risk the light, they won't find it very welcome."