Conrad starts walking alongside her, and though it might look like he's biting at a fingernail, he's actually sort of biting at his finger a bit. It curbs the hunger a little.

"Ah, I've always been a fan of fantasy, I guess." Truer ones. Stories that were always a way to escape from the noise of real life. "Pratchett is my favourite. Wh-what -- um, what about you?"