[ doesn't really know why they're hightailing it, but she has the look of someone trying to be not-here as quickly as possible, so he just goes with it. ]

I thought it would be helpful to offer my horse to someone else. I...I'm not restricted to walking to get where I need to go.

[ he feels a little guilty about disappearing before with the statues, even though he'd had to do it to save them all. maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to explain to her some of the details. ]

You're hurt that they left. I didn't mean to give the impression that I wouldn't be back. [ then or just now. ]