Gyrfalcon's Keep your mouth pressed to his

Oh.  Embarrassment carried heat up her neck as he called out her insecurity, and she shifted uncomfortably.  Did he think she was dumb now, worrying about needing his help when he obviously didn't see it as a bad thing? Probably.  God Maia you're such a spaz.

I didn't say it made me incapable, she said a little mulishly, but since she'd already kinda cemented herself as an insecure weirdo she definitely was going to let it go.

I know.  This was in response to his insistence that she could say no if she didn't want him to come.  She wasn't about to be desperate enough to feel forced to travel with someone! Her trip with Wraen had shown that when it came down to it, she could manage.  I like company, though.  And you seem nice.  Unless you aren't, in which case, I'm definitely more than capable of leaving you behind later. She added with a smile.  Ok, there, this was going better now.

She'd travel with him, for a time.  And he'd help her get pointed in the right direction.  But eventually she'd duck out of his company, parting ways so that she could go visit Terance without  him worrying about her 'escort'. That might not go over so well