[So the blind thing was true and not entire a ruse? He wasn't about to believe House completely after all, but having to take around a blind person made his job a touch more difficult from his end. He had no doubt that Alphonse was self-sufficient otherwise, but the apparent dangers here might hear stumbling, crashing or their interesting ability to navigate.

It was also curious to force this kind of trust between two people. What was the point? Why force them together and force them all into a situation where they had to rely on each other? Was this some kind of rebellion against the system? Or purposeful?]

Yes, that would be for the best I think. [He reached out for Alphonse's big hand and set it upon his shoulder.] We'll take it slow first and once we're comfortable with directional instructions, we can speed up. Does that sound fair?