"No...you shouldn't." The Balladeer continues looking oddly at her for a moment, but he takes her arm in return and starts towards the stairs. No, Greta definitely should NOT be up here. Him, he's okay, he stands up here all the time while he waits for Guiteau to be led out. It's away from the crowd, and the view's kinda nice once you get past the situation.

The stairway down from the platform is narrow and without a railing, so he steps aside to let her go down first. The execution's coming up fast now. He should...what should he do? Get her someplace else? The Balladeer has an instinctive feeling that he doesn't want Greta to watch this, but he's never just walked away from one of his stories before. Can he even do that?

He turns out towards where the audience should be. They're looking weirdly fuzzy today.