Zafika ends up looking back at Garrot again after all when his voice raises those few octaves, and yeah, he's clearly caught off guard, no doubt about it. And nervous, but so are they, they're just trying to hide it better as they keep on going, but slow down enough that Garrot can come walk next to them if he wants to.

They wait through his nervous chatting, and the fidgeting, and his question ends up being exactly the one they had so far been the most worried about. It's not exactly something they would have wanted to tell to... well, pretty much anyone, really.

They bite their lip while Garrot reassures them they don't want to answer his question, but. They really need to catch up on this whole trusting people business. And so far he's been pretty trustworthy. So after maybe a minute of silent thinking, they sigh and glance at him again before speaking. "It's... I don't, really want to answer that. Yet. And definitely not here. But... once we get down from this mountain, I can answer it properly. But it's definitely a young person's stupid, stupid decision, even if I can't say for sure I'd take it back." It's what has given them.. a sort of advantage, when it comes to knowing how to not die, and how to fight.

"For now you just, have to wait. I'll promise I'll tell you the reason once we're back down from here."