Really? Then you must be a brave one, young lady. [ he means this genuinely, if just from his own experiences. when he was younger, he had always been fairly easy to spook, after all. still, he gives a reflective pause before— ]

Two, three hours? Somewhere around there! Wahaha, they told me to be careful, but it seems all right. [ he's been lost longer... ] What about you? Have you been searching for people for long?i