[Her enthusiasm catches him off guard, just an up tilt of his head, really. But it's her spirit, for a reason Draven cares not to consider, that has him believe all this is real and living. So he speaks, his tone smooth and gratitude clear, if subdued in a poor attempt at formality.]

You are the first, Kairi. We'll be off-trail for much of it, and on leave I have no intentions of returning to the inn until we have both found and explored the caves...but what we will need besides food and shelter is beyond my ken.

[The first...he likes the sound of that. The start of the many things he plans to do in this little world.]