He could have made it alone. This wouldn't be the first time Wake's gone moving through the dark in unlikely, shit weather pursuing ground rendered thematically weird by powers beyond. But it settles something in him that she agrees.

(And frustrates something in him that isn't him that would rather she didn't. More on that later.)

For now, it feels like a good sign. Not quite an omen, but close. 'Meet a witch on the road in the dead of night' may not be everyone's idea of good news, but it has narrative precedent. You meet all sorts of catalysts at crossroads. He might be getting somewhere with this after all.

"I'm looking for Adlewyrd's."

Masked followers all in red. Dressed or painted with it. That had rung a bell. Felt true.