That arm around her shoulder was all the invitation Eleanor needed to lean a little bit against Arden in response, her own arm lifting a bit more awkwardly across her back, but there was something grateful in both it and the soft smile on her face. "You don't need to worry about me," she said. "I'm used to mostly doing things by myself."

And as she said it, she realized that what she might be saying was really more along the lines of not knowing how to do things except by herself, and she let out a small, self-derisive sort of laugh.

"I'm more likely the one to be tagging along," she pointed out. "Which I don't mind, if you guys don't mind. Everything sounds like it'll be a pretty new experience, so everything sounds pretty appealing."

Her eyes traveled up toward the treetops, though, and her grin went a little wry as she looked back toward Arden.

"Unless it involves me being suspended up in the air on thin cables and robes, anyway."