Francis shrugged slightly. "I can't guarantee. I can merely share a little of the reason I love it. Maybe it'll be infectious. Don't mind my opinion, be true to yourself." He said cheerfully and slowly reached out to poke his friend in the shoulder delicately.

"Do I? You make wonderful company. I haven't talked with someone so much in a long long time." Cheri was close but they couldn't exactly talk yet. Soon one of them would cover that language barrier.

He waited patiently for the other to finish and when he was ready, Francis stood. The older man reached out a d bowed in a gesture of 'after you'.

When they left, he boldly walked through the streets even as the storm had faded to a mild drizzle. "When I was younger. I had someone and we would always make excuses to travel or work when it rained. Do you know why." He asked as he seemed to travel down the path to some destination unknown.