Read the following article and answer the question by choosing from the options.

His old flask was strapped onto his belt , because he was worried that the contents would leak onto his clothes . But the hunt for a replacement receptacle was not why he was really out there . He was escaping the night , and the emptiness of his flat .

Why was he escaping the night , and the emptiness of his flat ?
Available options:
a). He did n't want to be alone;
b). He was scared of ghosts inside the flat;
c). He had to get out because there was a criminal menacing him .;
d). He escaped a sort of actual " black hole " .;...A:
a).