And quite embarrassingly, too, the first thing that flashed in Locke Cole's mind was: HOMYGOD it's the guards!!
And then he realized that he hadn't done anything socially unacceptable. Yet.
Locke stumbled forward, a surprised look on his face, and he stayed in that form and look as the sparse crowd turned in one motion to stare at him...his direction but he didn't let this faze him. With a turn of his heels, he found himself looking at a fallen woman and then he jumped -- kind of -- straight into action.
"Hey, you all right?" he inquired kindly as he stepped closer to her and offered a hastily dried hand. Getting wet under the rain seems to be in fashion today...