Wild Berry Meadow foreign creature; gift is a burden

Ah, she almost had him, should she play her cards right. Aimless, even sad, not quite willing to leave, it seemed. Perhaps it was purely selfish reasons that she sought to enlist a companion, she was lonely after all this time alone. Had she been back home, she would not have bothered with the male beyond their exchange. Perhaps she would accompany him for a time, only to leave him behind, perhaps she wished to make him her companion because she craved some challenge. No matter the reason, she did not relent. "you do not have to," she offered with a cant of her muzzle, adding a moment later, "the travel is lonely, is it not?"