Paul was tired because he had gotten into the routine over the summer of lazing around, sleeping late, leisurely walking the dogs...et cetera. He hadn't brought his dog, but he was leisurely walking all right.

Sloooooooowwwlyyyyy.

Stopping to peer every so often at various plant life growing in the area. There was some very pretty moss Paul decided to dust his finger across the surface of on some brick...he smelled his finger, and then nodded, making a mental note or something or other.