Herbalists' Cache and i'd beg you, but you know i'm never home

pping korei w permission to wrap this up !

He's ready to abandon their purpose entirely if it means getting back home without anyone getting hurt — but he's absolutely not going to complain if Korei wants to redirect her focus there. Especially when the dark girl turns to leave, though his chest tightens with sympathy; he's on his friend's side, of course, but how can he not feel something for her? He knows what it's like to lose a sibling, to have them turn away — and if she truly has done something to justify Korei's abandonment (which he suspects), then he only relates to her more for it.
He takes a breath and focuses fully on Korei when he's sure her sister is gone. I'm sorry, He offers quietly, a faint sympathetic grimace tugging at his features. If you need to talk — well, let's get this done and get home safe first. But I'm here. When he gets agreement from Korei, he leads her a little deeper into the forest to search for herbs, careful to avoid the dark girl's scent trail.