The superhuman killer blinked and he was suddenly back in the real world. Once more, he had zoned out and Talia had that worried look in her eyes as she stared at him. He smiled at Talia to ease her worry.
"Of course, I'm not lonely. I have you here with me, don't I?"
Talia seemed uncomfortable with what he said, and the superhuman killer understood that his words could be misinterpreted by Talia. He was basically an old man telling a little girl that she was happy that she was with him even though they had never met before today. Oh yeah, that was definitely the wrong way to say it. He threw another batch of seeds at the birds and smiled kindly as he stopped playing around.
"No, I don't get lonely. I have the birds."
The killer gestured towards the birds, and Talia looked down at them in confusion. A particularly stupid bird came up to her and tried to peck at her shoes, but she kicked her leg in annoyance and the bird flew off in fear.
