Why bother breaking his stride? So far, he's been quietly bringing up the back the whole way, and so, while he felt like he should have been the second one to go in, right After Mateia--being that he is the only one from their world trained as a warrior-- he ends up being the last one through.<br/><br/>He catches Elizabeth's wink, and just gives her a sort of polite smile.  He takes a gander round their surroundings, but whereas the others might be more taken in by the vista itself, he was making sure that they were some place safe; he was watching for threats.<br/><br/>He'd give Elizabeth a 'look' when she mentions this being like a vacation.  It's a sort of narrowing of the eyes and a twitching of the lips, as if he might grimace or snarl, but instead, chose to say and do nothing.  It felt like more than a poor choice of words on her part; he felt like she wasn't taking this seriously. But then again, he kind of expected that only he and Mateia would.<br/><br/>At the same time, though, he did take note of the scenery. Just because he was looking for one thing, didn't mean he'd ignore the other. Contrary to popular belief, he could enjoy the beautiful art that ran rampant through nature; but if it moved him, he just kept it to himself, which was par for the course. "So, from here, where do we go? What's the plan?"