[ericthered]

Rider: "There's not too much in the forest that is valuable other than animals, timber, and herbs. The herbs I'm not much good at gathering. The timber we don't have the supplies to obtain, and hunting ... Well, we could technically catch animals, but that would involve me doing a little more to you than just riding along. And the townsfolk would get a little suspicious of you -- normal people can't catch squirrels with their bare hands."

"As for the distance to town... its about six miles."