['Secure' has so many meanings. Given the unprecedented display of cooperation that's been shown since the disappearances began, it may actually be a simple thing to borrow or pay for mounts with the speed and stamina they need. If it's not, well, Hilda won't need to know he's capable of stealing horses, even if pick-pocketing small things is more his style.]
Let's go.
[And thus the bandits lost out on an excellent ransom for the lost siblings.]
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['Secure' has so many meanings. Given the unprecedented display of cooperation that's been shown since the disappearances began, it may actually be a simple thing to borrow or pay for mounts with the speed and stamina they need. If it's not, well, Hilda won't need to know he's capable of stealing horses, even if pick-pocketing small things is more his style.]
Let's go.
[And thus the bandits lost out on an excellent ransom for the lost siblings.]