He looks at the hand on his shoulder, and while he does not shrug it off, he does give her a faintly bemused smile. "I have heard that before." He gives her a piercing look, "It seems strangely sentimental, for someone I have never seen show ... a great deal of sentiment."

Which meant the lieutenant who had said it to her - had her respect. Hard earned, that.

He looks to the cliffs again, "This road was never meant to be easy, true." But honestly, what road ever was?

He straightened, a little, brushing their shoulders together, "Speaking of the harder path - you still wanted to see Samson, yes?"