Korrin, astride not a horse but a large nuggalope, rolls her eyes and groans good-naturedly at the pun. "That's it, you're fired." Except not really, because if she fired everyone who ever used puns in front of her, she'd never get anything done.

Peering out across the water as Asher grunts along, she frowns thoughtfully and makes a skeptical noise. "They exaggerate, sure, but there's a kernel of truth in there beyond the drunken bluster. Besides, that sudden arrival is one of the few details we have to go on beyond the lack of red crystals."