She was very kind; Blue's smile had a shade of apology in it, feeling a pinprick of guilt on her behalf. He'd had no intention to trouble her, though troublesome things were no doubt something she sought with her own will to mend.

The least he could do was give her a name.

"Blue," he said. "But if anything, a chance to rest for a moment is enough."

The company didn't seem to be of the bad sort, after all.