[A shake of his shoulders at both her jibe and the question.]

Somewhere in this haunted forest must lie some remote village, else why would they go to the trouble of the road? I've been spending my time collecting my thoughts on how to proceed next. One destination is as good as another. If you came from that direction, the perhaps following the road in the other is a prudent course of action.

[Inviting himself along. Why yes!]