"Very well, that means you'll just have to keep me safe until I can get my hands on a sword," he joked back at her, though he didn't necessarily want to get attacked again and was serious about the bow.  "Nice there?" he added, as they re-entered the newbie zone.<br/>He took the first quest offered to him, which was a simple gathering quest, which earned him an iron sword.  Thankfully, it didn't take many quests for him to catch up to where his companion was, and now he was sporting an iron sword and a round buckler he'd strung onto his back.  They were blazing through the starting zone, and were picking up some decent gear after splitting up the gold they had both collected.<br/><br/>"Say, er," Garahel started, a little shyly, after they finished clearing a small camp of monsters.  "I think we make a pretty good team.  So.." A small blip would sound on her end, his friend request.  "I'd like to see you around more.  I think I'll be playing this game quite a bit from now on.  Would be nice to have a friend on here."