She halts in her steps to better size up Taiki. Her face is blank as she takes in what he has said, before she finally gives a small, solemn nod.

"I see," she says, then says nothing for a little while, letting alien birdsong fill the silence between them. That would explain why he, like her, is exploring the allegedly harmless areas. She had just assumed... She is clearly too used to the company of cultivators, where even those who have no talent for fighting have had some basic training. "Then you should stay behind me if we encounter hostile creatures."

That changes things. With a civilian to protect, she will have no time to play around with stunning the enemy as she usually prefers to do. She will have to use the sword, and lethal force, far sooner than she would normally like to.

Her eyes soften a little. "Don't worry. I won't let any harm come to you."