"Hey, sorry if I startled you," Lucas offers a sheepish smile along with the apology. Although he does perk up a bit at description of the little critters.

"Right, the paper said something about that. So this is the Historical Society?" Lucas has about twenty other questions lined up but his brain thankfully catches up to his mouth before she's inundated with them right off the bat. "I can help you look if you want? are the obvious or kinda subtle?"

Tucking his notebook under one arm, Lucas comes around to where she's standing, already eyeing the surrounding bushes for anything that might be out of place.