Her steps slow a moment, but then she picks up the pace again. "Some elfroot, then? For the pain."

If he doesn't want it, he can lead them away from this direction, otherwise she'll keep going forward.

"It won't change who you are. Taas loves you for all of you, and there is beauty in adversity. You survived this; that is what's important." She just wishes Beleth and Cade hadn't. Which reminds her...

"Are Merrill and Merrick all right? You didn't say they weren't, so I assumed they are."