Patience nodded and let Temperance lead him to her house, ignoring the looks they got from people on the street. He was walking in a daze by the time they got there. Patience kicked off his filthy shoes at the door, then went straight to the bathroom to turn on the shower and stand directly under the warm water, clothes and all. Mud and dirt slaked off him and he started to slowly undress as the warmth started coming back into his skin.

"Could you run the bath?" he asked Temperance, nudging his sweater out of the way of the plug hole in the shower. "I just need to rinse." He wasn't really bothered if Tempe saw him naked. He was just so tired and he'd been alone for so long.