"Either of the last two sound less bothersome than finding a group of bandits."

"If you can wait until tonight, we can ask Malliele."

"That works, then."

So onward to Solitude! It's about six hours of walking; the roads are only moderately dangerous, on this well-traveled a path. 

She's likely to be more dangerous than anything they might encounter outside of Castle Volkihar.

"I heard you Shout, in the cave back there."

"Yeah. I don't know too many words of power yet, but I'm gathering them as I find more of those old Nordic walls, like that one in the crypt. The Greybeards taught me a few, too."

"I didn't think they let their people off that mountain."

"Yeah. They were reluctant about it, but I'm kinda needed for killing dragons - one big thing that's probably different from your time is that dragons are coming back to life. We're not sure how or why."

"Dragons."

"You're carrying an Elder Scroll, are dragons really the weirdest part of all this?"

"The Elder Scrolls weren't hunted to extinction hundreds of years ago."

"-It's closer to thousands of years for us."

"Yes. Well. All the more improbable, then."

"Yeah. I barely believed her when she told me she'd become Thane of Whiterun on account of killing one."

"Oh really?"

She looks mildly exasperated at her sister. "I had help."

"Did the jarl make them all thanes as well?"

"Well, no."

"There's more to you than meets the eye, it seems."

"More to most people, I've found."

"Most people are boring."

"That hasn't really been my experience. I like people's stories."

Ena's nodding to Elana's comment, though.

"If you say so."

"What sort of reception can we expect to get with your family?"