"It does seem unfair that the most useful things are also the hardest to obtain, doesn't it? Why can't elfroot be the key to invulnerability?" he asked.

"I may decide to come after you if that's the case. You never know." It would depend upon if she left a good enough trail and how concerned the friends of hers who had stayed behind were as to whether they'd share the information with him. He could easily see himself trying.

"That's the story I'll be telling. What did we do? Funny you'd ask. All I remember is drinking and spending half the night hanging over the side of the boat paying for it." He managed to get it out with a straight face.