If anything, her warning only makes him more convinced that he has to go. A little thing like danger can't scare him away.

He stares back at her, wondering if she's making a joke or if she's just being pedantic. "I know that. But it's the basic idea."

He throws the canned vegetables into the pot, then grins back at her. "If the caves are that dangerous here, then they're even more like the alleys back home."