She follows his finger on the map, wondering if he has actually seen these places he is pointing at. Nothing but his word for that even if she asks since she hasn't explored well beyond the town yet. A mistake, maybe, it occurs to her now, but not one easily remedied until she has either convinced Xue Yang or Jiang Cheng to accompany her, or become more proficient in wielding Zidian to fend off whatever dangers she may encounter by herself. Even then, cultivators are not suited to fighting alone, they were always meant to night hunt and travel in groups.

Her eyes find his again, taking in the color which strikes her as unusual, though maybe that is simply the eye color to go with his hair.

"I'm looking for magic the likes you can't find here in Gazin, something about," she hesitates, thinking how to put it into words when she's not even sure what she needs, "transportation. Across great distances." Across time and space and to other worlds, but she can't tell that to a stranger in a tavern, he would think her drunk.