Kreutzer has the garage, I wonder who would take the basement...? Or has she moved at all?

[When he makes the offer for her to stay, she looks surprised. She doesn't answer immediately. There's a reflexive spike of distrust and worry within her, but.... no. This is Hajime. He's not like that.

She walks on, and she shrugs, and she tries to make her answer sound casual.]

I... well, I could use a break. There's still plenty of night left. I could sit for a bit... would you mind if I sat for a bit?

[She didn't want to make that walk all the way home.]