It bothers him when she does that because he knows it's a reference to her insistence that he is some fictional entity, but he's content to let it pass quickly this time. "We make our own schedule, mademoiselle. We cannot, strictly speaking, be late."

It would be polite to offer to help with her bag, or even, perhaps to switch bags with her. His own is not so heavy and the fluffy petticoats sticking out oddly from the top of her tote can't be easy to control. She's tall, but not particularly stocky. Still, there's something oddly, and more or less harmlessly, satisfying about watching her struggle to move through the halls of the base. He will help her when she grows noticeably tired, but until then it seems a petty revenge for dragging him along with her in the first place. "I have wanted to see New York. It was a place of much excitement, particularly in your time."