Working one minute, and far away the next, eh? Well, maybe he was kidnapped (if you could kidnap an adult), and then dumped here. Maybe he took a little bit too hard of a bump on the head, so he was really disoriented. Okay, Erin really needed to stop speculating where this guy went wrong and just accept that he was weird. Trying to figure him out was getting her nowhere, so she might as well play along.<br/><br/>"It's okay, we all have our off days," she smiled lightly, looking back to the crowd. "I guess that seems a bit of an understatement but..." As her voice trailed off, she looked back at him. "Mort? My name is Erin. Do you need some help getting back to... wherever it is you need to be?" Honestly she was expecting a no. But who really knew with this guy, after how he answered when she asked if he was from around here. Once again, her attention turned to the people milling around in front of them. Face after face went by, not a single one she could recognize. Honestly, it wasn't even like she knew anyone. Her life was spent mostly in isolation. The closest she came to knowing anyone was maybe a clerk at the grocery story.<br/><br/>Some might say it was a lonely life, but she didn't care. Erin didn't care if she knew people, or if people knew her. That's why it was strange to be talking to this man. The conversation seemed to flow naturally from her, but to her it was actually quite odd. Suddenly, her world expanded from only knowing names off of a badge to actually introducing herself to a stranger. Really, what was with her today? To initiate a meeting, and not quickly leaving... Her best guess was that this man was like no one she had ever encountered. Everyone had a stereotype in her head, but this person next to her didn't fit a single one in the least. Mort was crazy, but lucid. Confused, but knowing. Mysterious, but easy to read. His total strangeness fascinated her, making her curious, attentive for the first time in a long while to someone else around her.<br/><br/>"I mean, I don't really have a lot a means to help you with, but I guess I can try..." she muttered, almost to herself, not really fully decided whether or not to speak the thought out loud.