"What's your preferred method of death? Vicious desert swoop gangs? Local wildlife? If you don't tell me, I'm just going to have to make something up."

Hobbie doesn't really want to make her go climbing all by herself, though. He's not a shirker or a coward, so he dusts his hands off with a grimace.

"Someone has to watch out for you, so looks like I'm volunteering."