"We can get you home soon. Do you remember where it is?"

He likely won't be able to take the boy directly there, either way, but he and Axel can find the right place once he's rested some. ...And then they'll see how his family responds.

He just hopes they accept his changes more easily than Ginko's own family was.

Once he reaches his car, he opens the door and sets Steven down carefully in the passenger seat, keeping a hand on his shoulder as long as he can. But it's not like he can maintain contact while driving... hm.

"Okay, I need to let go for now. Um... do you like animals?"