Thunder Dome What is beauty?

She did in fact replay and it brought a smile to Howl's face when her response was somewhat old worldly. Howl knew that at times his vocabulary seemed old and outdated, but he thought it was just gentlemanly to treat those, especially women with nothing other than respect. Often shown during the older times. He suspected that she was just mimicking this old way of speaking rather than it actually being the way she spoke, but it was fun none the less. 

He shifted the direction at which he was walking, towards her words, continuing to track her down. Something about this cavern did seem to be out of a fairy tale. A forest hidden away within a mountain sounded like a fairy tale to Howl. "Fraid not Malady. The Kingdom seems to be unclaimed and free to be discovered by all. What brings you here." he spoke again loudly. Normally he wouldn't have been that elaborate, but he wanted to play along as she did.