That went over better than he'd thought it might. Perhaps he'd been wrong to fear that his son would rather seek to leave and continue the pattern of avoidance. Or more likely, it was his sense of curiosity which was luring him into staying. Either way, it granted him time with him, he couldn't ask for much more than that right now.

"The diner behind us is Granny's, she also runs the bed and breakfast here." He turned in the direction facing away from the library for now, gesturing vaguely down the street. "Down that way is a number of stores and the post office. The school is also in that direction I believe. I can take you down that way if you like, but I haven't gotten around to tending to the details within those buildings yet."

He turned back in the direction of the library and gestured toward it next. "That is the library and clock tower. It I have been working on, we can visit it if you like."