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About halfway up the mountain, Jonathon and Elly stop to break their fast and talk.
“Jonathon, aren't you curious at all as why I wanted to come with you?”
<span class="mu-b">”Hmm, not especially. I figured you were going to be arranged to wed a man you did not care for, so you ran away at first opportunity. The “treasure hunting” was just a good excuse.”</span>
“...Nothing was arranged for me, but is that the real reason you weren't curious? Or was there another?”
<span class="mu-b">”You women always do this. I'm not gonna be led into a trap, like a lamb to the slaughter!”</span>
“Aww, come on! It's not like that.”
<span class="mu-b">”I'm onto you! You're trying to bait me into saying something bad. You made it very clear from our first meeting that you weren't interested in me, and just wanted to be traveling companions because you wouldn't feel safe on the road alone. So no, if you will <span class="mu-i">make</span> me answer, I did not take you for a whore. A whore would be much more forward. Besides, I've never seen a whore as pretty as you.”</span>
“Gaah! You weasel You're going to get away with it! You're as quick with your words as you are with your hands around a sack of coins!”
<span class="mu-b">”...We'd better get moving. I don't want to be up here after it gets dark. Before sundown would be the best, I know orcs don't like sunlight so they'll probably come out at dusk...”</span>
