Be careful of the oil. [...Was he just unlucky that he's the one who keeps stepping in it? Who knows but it's not like it'll hurt to say a warning.]

Prop it may be... Do you think the technicians are carrying them? [He's not saying they should have taken the opportunity to take it off the earlier girl's hands, but he can't see her anymore, either. Chances are, she's gotten lost, too?? And cold??]

[He rubs his hands together.] Which direction are you headed?