[Yeah the cane is unfortunately part and parcel of navigating the pitch black world. It will come in handy for other reasons, but he'll probably need to start with learning how to use it to not walk into people or trip over things first. Baby steps.]

I've called a cab. [They could have walked, but he'll spare Sands the misery. There's plenty of time to wallow - they don't have to rush to create reasons for it tonight.]

Trust me, you'll get a lot more out of a bar than you will a stripclub. [There'll be plenty of pity and awkward silences everywhere they go, but a stripclub is just going to make him miss what he can't see even more.]

Do you plan on staying in this city a while? [There has to be a life after all that madness. Other avenues to pursue. Things that have been put off indefinitely that he'll now have time and space to explore.]