[Even if his usual response would've been something akin to, you didn't have to, or something similarily self-reliant, he bit his tongue down on the words. No, of course she had to - because she was Voile, and that was simply that.

Vinnie didn't particularly mind. Even if he never asked to be thought of, exactly, he appreciated it more than he let himself admit. It reminded him of what he had to come back for.]

We can walk t'the school gate if y'want.