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Grocery shopping was a very love-hate affair for Suhail.

Getting food was always great! Food in general was great. There was always the rule of "never go grocery shopping while hungry," and Suhail tended to follow that rule firmly, lest he go home with four different containers of ice cream and no really substantial food to be found. Unfortunately for him, not even having a half-full tank was enough on some days. Today was one of those days, and even though he had made sure to eat lunch, he still found himself craving everything on the shelves. At one point, he made the mistake of going down the aisle where all the cookies were, and he was staring at them for an awfully long time. Believe it or not, sometimes picking what cookie he'd buy was hard. Did he want soft chocolate chip cookies, or crunchy ones? What about peanut butter ones? The ones with the cream in the middle? This was hard. Seriously.

As the Grimm studied the cookies in the aisle, his tail swished back and forth, almost unconsciously. If he didn't watch it, he was probably going to knock something or someone over.

Suhail felt his tail stop twitching. He also felt something on his tail, which was a bigger concern. It was kind of heavy, whatever it was. He turned around, and lo and behold, there was a very strange Freshling clinging to his tail. Those ears looked Goblin-like, but four eyes...? Was this kid a Hallowed or something? Not that Suhail would really raise an issue with it. A kid couldn't help when they were born. Maybe there was some four-eyed race that he hadn't encountered out there.

"Hey," he said softly, hoping to not the frighten the kid. "What are you doing back there?" He wasn't going to come down hard on the freshling; maybe he didn't understand that you weren't supposed to touch people's tails or something? Or had poor boundaries or impulse control? If he was at the Academy, the higher-ups would probably get him in line soon enough.

That was cute, but a bit uncomfortable. "My tail is attached to me," Suhail said. "You can't walk off with it." Really, the kid did look cute wrapped up in his tail, but he had things to do. "Do you know where your parents are?" Great, he was going to have to be That Person who reported lost children to grocery store staff. At least they had an intercom, right? That'd help the parents find their kid quickly.

Well, that was weird. The kid didn't seem to be able to talk yet (or just elected not to). "Um... did you come here with anyone?" Right, a more general inquiry was better. Not everyone went places with parents, assuming they even had them, duh. Then again, it was also silly to be talking to a kid that wasn't up to talking back, if he could understand what was being said. Suhail was not very good at charades, but maybe he could coax the freshling over to a store worker who could help. Cautiously, he took a few steps over, hoping the kid would follow (he probably would, especially if he was still clinging to his tail like that).

Oh, good, the kid could talk! That was a relief. Suhail sort of wished that he could get the kid off his tail though (he was sure people were staring). It was cute, but a little invasive of personal space. "Follow me, I'll help you find them." He walked slowly towards the customer service counter, making sure the little one was in tow as he went. Then again, seeing as the kid was pretty much attached to him, he didn't think he'd be likely to lose the kid.

"Careful, I need to be able to walk," Suhail said to the kid. He looked around the store; where were the employees when he needed them? Granted, he was pretty good at finding things on his own, but it would be better to find this kid's caretaker sooner than later. Jamie didn't actually impede his walking that much, but still, the last thing he wanted was to accidentally step on the kid's tail, or something equally unpleasant. He eventually found someone to talk to after some trudging around. "Um, excuse me, this kid got lost from his caretaker..." The store had to have an intercom. Hopefully it'd be smooth sailing from here.

"Hot sauce...?" Suhail would have thought that that was a bit strong for a freshling's palate, but everyone had different tastes. Besides, there were milder hot sauces out there. "I'm sure they do have some. Why wouldn't they?"

The sound of Jamie's caretaker approaching made Suhail startle, but he sighed in relief once he saw who the caretaker was looking at. "I'm taking it this kid is yours? Or at least, under your care? He showed up and started clinging to my tail." He gave a soft chuckle. "He's a good kid, even if he doesn't have much concept of personal space."