"Can't promise you won't." He moves with her, now watching her with nearly the same sort of attention he'd put toward watching out for enemies earlier. Their surroundings, of course, still merit attention - even more now, maybe, than before - but her reactions to what they're talking on are relevant now, too.

"But you're right, I don't know what's waiting. So I think the time for putting off telling me has passed. Will it be viable to look for an exit, as in my- At Jericho Hill, falling here from the mouth of that statue?"