It is a pleasure to meet you both. [And an honor, really. He never in his life thought he would meet such astonishing creatures. He had theories about their existence, about the things that lurked in the dark below and in corners of the great unknown. But to actually meet them.]

And I certainty would never think to hurt you. [He glances at their faces, one terror-stricken, the other more hesitant. But something else strikes him about their features. As round and solid as they're built, their eyes are sunken, their frames more angular than a healthy human child's. Their young muscles stand out like wiry ropes under tight reptilian skin.

It doesn't take a professor to know they're hungry. It must be the reason they've come scavenging in the alleyway in the first place.

The thought gives him an idea.]

Now, you must be hungry. Allow me to show you one of my favorite foraging spots, in honor of new friendship. There's a bakery just a few blocks away that often throws out its expired goods. Their blueberry muffins are especially delightful.