Part of Caspar definitely wants to be embarrassed by the obvious effort at comfort - or, more accurately, that he so clearly needs it.

The rain sure is still doing its thing, though, and he ends up leaning into that support anyway.

"Oh, yeah? Well-- welcome, I guess." He manages a sort of shaky smile. "Most stuff is near the hub, anyway, so you should be good. There's, um... the training grounds are over there, and the library's nearby, and... uh, a couple of my friends have stores in the area...?"

He flinches at another rumble of thunder. "--Y'know, a-as long as we get inside, I'm good."