[ The warning is noted, Jon squinting through the trees ahead to see only more and more underbrush. With a sigh that's mainly withheld, Jon dismounts and then draws the horse to the closest tree, tying the steed to the trunk so that he can come back to it later.
Having experience with traveling on foot in conditions much worse than these, Jon doesn't appear too perturbed or discouraged by this change of events. He bends down to tighten the straps on his boots before he gives the stranger a sidelong glance. ]
If we have the same goal, we may as well travel the rest of the way together. [ However long that is, but Jon can acknowledge that it's safer to travel with someone else. He doesn't know a thing about this man, and it's possible that he'd be just as likely to stab him in the back as he would be to help him. (Somewhere alone the line, Jon started thinking this way.) Still, he's confident that he could hold his own if it does turn into some altercation, and it's far more likely that the two of them are in the same boat. Brought here against their will with no explanation and simply aiming to learn their surroundings.
Besides, the stranger appears dressed for the occasion. Jon looks him over and then asks: ] What's your name?
this is horrifically late, i'm so sorry, the holiday ate me
Having experience with traveling on foot in conditions much worse than these, Jon doesn't appear too perturbed or discouraged by this change of events. He bends down to tighten the straps on his boots before he gives the stranger a sidelong glance. ]
If we have the same goal, we may as well travel the rest of the way together. [ However long that is, but Jon can acknowledge that it's safer to travel with someone else. He doesn't know a thing about this man, and it's possible that he'd be just as likely to stab him in the back as he would be to help him. (Somewhere alone the line, Jon started thinking this way.) Still, he's confident that he could hold his own if it does turn into some altercation, and it's far more likely that the two of them are in the same boat. Brought here against their will with no explanation and simply aiming to learn their surroundings.
Besides, the stranger appears dressed for the occasion. Jon looks him over and then asks: ] What's your name?