[Hank is kind of weak to sad faces, or else he would have let the more knowledgeable help introduce the poor kid.]

Sorry to say you're probably going to end up being late to everywhere for a while. It was a three-day walk to get to somewhere decent when I showed up. Ended up staying there a little while, too, because we needed to earn some money.

[He knows that he can't make it to the thing. He sort of hopes that it's at least visible from where he is now.]