“Alright then.” Stede gives a quick nod, doing his best to focus on the task at hand rather than Edward's... well, everything. He studiously keeps his eyes up, focused ahead, and then starts leading them on their way.

It occurs to him as they walk that they've never just done this: meandered together through a town or any other public place that wasn't on a ship, at least not for pleasure (their stint in captivity notwithstanding). It's such a mundane thing. Something so simple that he'd have taken it for granted anywhere and with anyone else. Now, though... he wishes he could enjoy it more.

There's no forgetting where they are though. The security patrolling the Up make sure of that, though they don't bother Stede for being where he doesn't belong. He almost forgets why until he remembers Ed's designation.

“They'd be much less polite if I were up here alone,” he mutters as they pass a guard, just loudly enough for Ed to hear. He isn’t sure which one of the homes is his, but he gets them as close to the residential area as he can from memory. It's up to Ed from here.