[ that may be a core place that yennefer and thancred differ - thancred is worried for stephen, for the oncoming soreness, for what lies ahead of them in the coming weeks of continuous travel. yennefer, on the other hand, figures stephen will figure it out. it is his quest, after all. and he has his magic. any worry she might have about this trip is held mostly around their schedule, and potentially any altercations they might find out on the road (she's no stranger to bandits, and she can handle them without her magic well enough, but she doesn't want that known, so if they can avoid it entirely, well. that would be her preference).

she can hear the two of them pick up pace just enough to catch up with her, as yennefer's eyes are still on the path ahead. she is also unfamiliar with the term bells for time, but stephen asks and she considers that addressed. ]

Considering you did choose us to join you on this quest, I would hope you would find us as at least bearable. [ she jokes in return, without so much as looking back to him. though, of course, he might just have a masochistic streak - yennefer hasn't ruled that out completely yet. ]

Which does beg the question of what you've asked us out here to do. [ stephen hadn't necessarily been lacking on the details when he'd first asked yennefer to join him on the quest, but truthfully she hadn't needed them to agree. now, though, even if they are still some distance from the first location, she supposes they should know what they're getting into. ]