If the locals had cars, I wouldn't bother asking. I'd just leave a note and return it with the tank filled.

[He shrugged as well. This wasn't his first time around.]

This is different. You're a Squid too, so it's better to ask.

...I've been hot wiring farm equipment since I was big enough to know how to be safe. It wouldn't be hard.

I've just made a lot of bad choices lately, so I'm trying to make a good one.