Vivi was strange enough to catch James' eye as he walked about in a city that wasn't covered in an oppressive fog. He doesn't look like one of Silent Hill's monsters, and probably reminded him of Laura than anything. Though the man had never been a father (he would've had fate not had played out the way it did), he did know when someone was lonely.

Sunderland tapped the weird-looking child, "Is this seat taken? I've been walking around these parts and I'd like to sit down."

Not the best introduction but it's something to break the silence.