[ and she's really glad to not be left alone but that's. she's not going to burden him with even more than what he's already carrying. ]

All right. So we check the key points in town, and if there's nothing to say whatever happened started here, then we ... gather what supplies we can and head out.

[ ... and supplies are important. she certainly can't walk all the way to octovern without a whole lot of them. and some sort of shelter. and-- right. one thing at a time. ]