"All right. Druid first, you think, or after? Maybe first, so - can change mind if you want to? About both- doing both?"

"I- Yes. That's- that sounds like a good idea?"

"Okay. I'll tell - Raafi, when I'm done." Nom. "Anything else you want to do while we're here?"

    "Market." Phantasm says immediately, and Deka nods.

"I don't...think so? But I wouldn't...know." Pauses again. "Market might be good?"

"Sure. I'll ask Raafi if - stay an extra day, probably too much for tomorrow."

One looks at her wide-eyed. "I- ah- we don't- have to stay? S'okay if you guys want to...go and I'm not okay with that?"

"We're not in a hurry, sweetheart. If we were I'd say so."

He hesitates, and then nods. "O-okay."

"And not gonna be, I don't think. Plan is - heading for Colport, city, to try to get into the college there; maybe stop and ask wizards if they want an - apprentice, on the way - that's how I found you - but maybe not, now, I don't think... good for you, isolated like that. College is better anyway, just more work to find a teacher if I have to come back. No rush, no schedule - would be stopping anyway, if you weren't here, probably stopping more. So. Can always stop if you want. And could - decide to do something else, even, if - interesting thing happens."

He nods thoughtfully. "If you're sure?"

"Mm - trying to say - not sure? On purpose? We have a plan but only a little one. If something else happens that's good too. You won't wreck anything. - finding you is something else that happened, and that was good."

He hums a little uncertainly, but then nods. "I- that sounds- complicated, and I'm not...sure I understand, I think I sort of get it?"

"Might be a halfling thing. It's - you never know what's over the next hill? So - good to have an idea of what to do, not just wander around, but also good to be able to change it. See what's happening now and do what makes sense for that. Not make big plans that need everything just right."

One pauses for a second. "...Have a target not a path? Kind of?"

She nods. "And change that too, if there's a reason."

One preens a little at her nod. "Nothing set in stone?"

"Mmhmm. So if you want things - might say no, depends on the thing, if it's hard to do or we want something else. But it's not - other than that, not gonna wreck anything. Don't have things like that to wreck. On purpose, because we want new things all the time."

One considers that, nodding seriously, and leaving the window to climb along the wall towards Deka. "Will you- explain? If no?"

"Yeah. And you can go do it by yourself, if you want, I don't get to say you can't do things. Just that I won't do things. Unless it's like - hurt somebody, or something." She reaches over to pet him as he comes close.

He hesitates briefly, and then pushes up into her hand, making a low purring sound. "Hurting people isn't nice."

"Yeah. Don't think you will, just - don't want to promise I'd never stop you. Never other than that."

He nods rapidly, earnestly. "Understand if that. Would want you to if I was doing that."

She nods back, still petting him. "Want you to have good things."

He shifts a little closer, almost looking like he might want to climb into her lap, but isn't sure if he's allowed to?

She shifts to make it easier for him if he decides to. "Glad we found you."