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"Nothing much, sister Yun. I was just trying to send this kid away. He keeps insisting on coming with us," she said.

The girl turned towards Alex with an inquisitive look. "Why do you want to come with us? Do you have something to do with the Stepstones tribe?" 

"I'm afraid I have nothing of business with your tribe, miss," he said. "I simply wished to accompany you to go to the nearest city. I can drop off halfway through if you are worried about me having bad intentions."

The 3 men immediately laughed when they heard that. They did not believe Alex to be strong enough to do anything at all.

"You are so weak that you wouldn't even be able to—"

The girl glared at them and the man stopped speaking. 

"When you say you want to go to a nearby city, which city are you talking about?" she asked.

"I… am afraid I do not know about any cities around here," Alex said.