Trick her? ... Well, he supposes given the others around them it could be a possibility. Still, he presses his lips together unhappily and shakes his head.

"No, I was planning to look for the residential area anyway -- and... You looked... to be having difficulty. That is all."

He flinches away from someone who gropes out for them as they pass by, half shields her with an arm and raises an eyebrow at them as he tries to move out of the area and through towards the housing. A little to forward for his tastes, if he's honest.