She seemed to be doing all the work for him. He hadn't had to ask her at all, but he would need to seem coy, else she'd wonder why he agreed so easily. "I thought you were looking to be an artisan in Enrimor. I can't see how that would be useful for a long, dangerous journey." He left out the fact that most men would have been thinking. [i]Why should I share my hard earned treasure with you?[/i] Of course, he didn't actually think that, but if she thought he didn't want her, than she'd want all the more to come with him.

Or maybe he was just talking himself in circles. "Still, if you want to come along, I don't have any real issue with it. Just be careful. Can you fight at all?"