Firestone Hot Springs “but don’t take the ones that are close to me”

There was no way for her to know his situation.  If she had, she would have likely laughed for the parallels it drew with her own.  As it was, she simply shrugged.

Then you give them more than they are worth, she answered back, but made no move to stop him as he departed.  It was the same argument she'd thrown time and time again to Smokestep, to Caiaphas, to Raleska.  It never stuck, nor did it ever turn their heads from seeking what they felt they needed.

She turned to glance back the direction she came.  She wasn't ready to return home just yet... perhaps a walk a little ways further, to see what lay on the other side of this mire.