"...The subway...?" His eyebrows rise a little, but that doesn't sound quite like an alternate version of his home, although it might be close. "You should be careful who you give pieces of yourself away to, you know..." He seriously hopes Dave's Balthazar has covered that.

Still intending to help, Horvath shifts to the edge of his chair and picks up his cane, but he hesitates with a glance at Dave as if he's afraid so much as standing up will send the boy cowering.