[ she'd hope for him to choose neither, since she'd rather not have anyone trying to command where it is that she is or isn't permitted to go nor is she really is the mood for company, since she carries little trust for anyone she's been thrown alongside with the assumption that she's meant to ally with these strangers. it's a relief when he doesn't persistently jump on either choice. ]

Yes, the scribbled drawings by children really accented the danger that's ahead of me. [ she bears a heavy weight of sarcasm in her words, though she does believe the warnings. it's only that she doesn't think of it as enough to stop her.

with his question, she scoffs a short laugh. ]

No. I've no interest to sleep upon leaves and dirt. [ not that her sleeping conditions here are any better, she doesn't say. instead, her eyes peer ahead again to the trees, pensive once more. ] But if there is magic in these woods, I intend to see it for myself. You can say ... that it something of a duty of mine.