No, he's definitely not expecting to come across any lost girls around here. This doesn't seem like the place for girls Katara's age; it doesn't seem like the place for any of them, if he's being honest, but for better or for worse, they're here. When he spots Katara, his brow knits together in something like concern, because she looks to be close in age to his own daughter, and that hits really close to home.

"Hey yourself." He gives her a quick looking over, just to make sure she's all right and not hurt or anything. "And yeah, it's back that way." He points over his shoulder, to indicate he's just come from there. "Did you get yourself turned around? It seems like it's easy to do around here, especially since there's no maps or signs."

He's happy to take her back to the city, because there's no way he's going to leave her here to wander around and run into who knows what. Just because it seems quiet doesn't mean it's not dangerous.