[ Kaneki opts to take the handmade bag off his back, placing it on the ground. It gives him a chance to examine that nothing has fallen - not the doll and not the heart - and that he has done a decent job for a first timer building a backpack with nothing but old bed sheets. ]

Nothing like that. She only sings and asks for her father. [ nothing else, not really. he had expected much worse, but it never came - so far ] She will follow me regardless of where I head.

I carry her because I'd rather not be surprised by her suddenly showing up out of no where. [ Kaneki likes to be prepared and have the doll wander around until she finds him again is a liability, in the end. he'd rather carry her than to leave her to her own devices, even if that means some people might think he is treating her as if she is his child ]

Even the witches could not stop her.