[Rapunzel sighs and shakes her head with a smile. She's been FOILED!!! But it was worth a try. She wouldn't want him to feel burdened, but she couldn't help it! Doing nice things for people was just... fun!]

I was really lucky to have a pretty reliable partner for the quest. As powerful as his magic was I actually doubt he would have had any trouble even if I wasn't there. I mostly came along in case anyone needed healing. I've read that frostbite is pretty dangerous.

[She asks while she accepts the money and sets it down so that she can retrieve a box from the other side of the cooler, similarly decorated but different from the first. Her satchel is next, to give him change. She still remembers how much she used to charge for a half dozen back in Ourana, and it wasn't too hard to adjust for the currency here in Ellipsa.]

Have you had to deal with creatures like that often in the past?