Sequoia Coast Engines and Quests

"Let's leave it for date number two," Wraen replied, using a phrase that Jean-Pierre of Asterism Grove had told her. Felt fitting for the occasion. After all - they had just met, spoken for few minutes or so (though it felt like ages for the narrator) and the first impressions aside, they did not know anything about each other for sure. 

"Oh, I know the place," she nodded. "So, I more or less get, where you stay. So - if you are heading East, I can accompany you and tell all you need to know about the hinterlands," she offered. After all, it was slightly better to take a stranger to a turf she was familiar with first. "What do you say?"