An eyebrow arched at that, and she gave a simple shake of her head. "I climbed. To try and see how far the walk would be. I didn't realize you had given a command." Not that she always did well with commands, but she generally tried to follow them.

She smoothed down the sides of her pale blue dress before reaching up to fix her hair. Finding the leaves there, she removed them and cast them aside. "It was more practical than walking the entire way there and back to time it. I would've been gone for days."

Her arm extended, so she could give the knife back to him. She didn't need it any longer and knew he would want it back.