[This time the touch has him shifting away. Not much - a step, if that - but there's a flicker of something almost uncertainty or unamusement in his expression for that brief moment. It's not much of a reaction perhaps - certainly far less than someone like Cloud might have offered - but it's nonetheless clear enough that he's not used to that kind of casual contact. Even if he's absolutely not denying the part about being a showoff.

(After all, that much at least is partially on purpose.)]

Long days of travel, yes. And ones with precious little of interest in between.

[It may be more so to her than to him, given that she is still such a newcomer to the First. But even so, he doesn't mean to suffer the presence of the Light that much if it can be at all avoided.]

But yes, it does help to have an idea of where one is going - most people would first take a chocobo to their destination and then attune themselves to the local beacon, if one exists. [Pause.] Or an amaro, as I believe is more common, here.