[...oh, goodness. Well. This...really isn't any worse than anything else he's heard tell of being on the Bastion - according to what he'd heard after the siege, you had an anklegator...]

He...seems as though he'll defend you well, at least.

[Just...the amount of "wow" here, what is coming out of that thing's head...]

It isn't out of my way, no, but it's your decision. Otherwise, I can give you directions, if you'd like.

[Really, he knows you can take care of yourself given where they found you in the first place, Zia; the offer is more for companionship than through doubt that you have any survival skills whatsoever. Although he's not sure what he'll do outside of facepalm if there's an entire menagerie with you when you arrive in Goldenrod.]