"Please." By now, the thought wasn't so much that she needed an escort to her hut so much as that she wanted somebody in her hut *with* her, though Josephine wouldn't be too pushy about it once things came down to brass tacks.

When they reached her hut, Josephine turned to face Bruce with a shaky smile after she opened the door. "You know... if you'd like, Bruce, you can come in. I'm sure that Philenor can wait a while longer for her flowers if she's waited *this* long already."