[Even knowing such a thing is possible is something, but Aerich would not wish to count on his own abilities.]
At the time, I did have proper boots and a sword. And I traveled with a number of companions with skills of their own.
[ And it hits him that one of those companions is no longer among the living, and he stops talking as it would be unseemly to react to grief in front of a stranger while trying to plan an escape. The grief is new enough that no matter Aerich's typical composure, there is no way he can keep something from showing on his face.]
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[Even knowing such a thing is possible is something, but Aerich would not wish to count on his own abilities.]
At the time, I did have proper boots and a sword. And I traveled with a number of companions with skills of their own.
[ And it hits him that one of those companions is no longer among the living, and he stops talking as it would be unseemly to react to grief in front of a stranger while trying to plan an escape. The grief is new enough that no matter Aerich's typical composure, there is no way he can keep something from showing on his face.]