Wasn't that a pub they'd just passed?

Malachi's gaze followed after it as they continued their walk, but the boy hadn't stopped. Could have been one of the pubs this 'Ruth' was banned from.

"Are ye a pervert?"

"Wh-" what? What was that question? Malachi looked at him, wide-eyed. How was he supposed to respond to that?

"No," he denied, though the kid probably wasn't that far off. But he wasn't into children. God. He cringed and nodded towards the aforementioned pub.

"Come on then, let's check. I don't know what your sister looks like."