It's still worth a try, Old Man. [The teasing grin was back, full force.] If you give up this early in the game, you may as well not even try at all!

[But the stranger's bravado was encouraging-- she believed that he wasn't about to just fall over like this. Not yet. She shined her flashlight down the path when they reached the branch in the tunnels, revealing the steep incline and the multiple stalagmites that peppered the passage.]

By the way, you can call me Pidge. It's silly to enter town like this without even exchanging names.