the firestarters always get the burns
and the good guys never get the girl
He has a peculiar way of putting it - it's apparently, not 'no trouble at all', but perhaps for a loner in the hardships of winter that could have been expected. She issues closer to talk to him, for his answers reveal he is a thoughtful man, not one to jump at her and rip her throat out - at least she hopes. She's not naive enough to think that he couldn't harm her in any way at all, but she has to take the chance if she wants to befriend those of good nature.
"I would hope it's only the hardships of winter and those animals of predatory instinct that harm you these days; even so, I hope not too many of them. Troubles of the mind can haunt one much longer than that, I'm afraid." she looks at him, puzzling his words and neutral actions. "But even with those, I hope a bit of distraction could ease you. Just like the forest helps me clear my own mind." She smiles then, and continues. "I'm Ilma, from Hyaline. Have you always been living in the forest?"
@[Aten]