"You know what would make your life easier?" she asks, lifting her eyebrows at him. "Leaving me behind."

But he won't, she knows that now, and she also knows he'll resist any and all attempts to repay him, because he's a noble idiot. She's known plenty of noble idiots in her life, herself included, and they're all the same. She has to come up with a way to repay him that he can't refuse, or one so sneaky he doesn't realize she's doing it.