[Bright enough to light up the night. It's really weird to experience people being nice to him, especially older people -- it makes him wonder if it was just weird for his older step- and half-siblings to have been so dismissive of him when he still tried to talk to them. Either way, it makes him flush and he takes one larger step forward to hide his embarrassment. ]

I'll be able to take care of myself, you know! You saw that -- but. Thanks. I live down this--

[... Which way does he live? He blinks, realizing it's a street he's not all too familiar with at this time of the night, and looks around trying to find a street sign or something he recognizes.] Um. I think... it's this way.