Ara looks over his shoulder briefly to see why the half-orc was separating himself so quickly, and to give a quick acknowledgment of the cleric's request. However, with the crowds of people seeming to thicken by the moment, a split-second is all he has before he has to turn his attention back to Pill. Seeing as she knows the area much better than him, it would do him no good to lose her in the sea of people.<br/><br/>However, he also now has a small child to contend with. The gnome struck him as capable enough to protect herself... but the child is very much a weak link should they actually see goblins. With that in mind, Ara falls back a step so as to keep pace with the young man.<br/><br/>"So...Ms. Pill..." he finds himself pausing fairly often as he tries to weed his way through the crowd. "Where exactly... are we heading?"