"I wouldn't go all the way back. Just enough to stop anyone wandering too far." As though that's a safe option. Her weighing up of the dilemma is written all over her face in furrowed brows and tight lips, and the way she casts a quick look back over her shoulder. If she can prevent someone else finding the same trouble they did, that's what she should be doing.

She should be doing something, for once. Wouldn't that make up part of a journey towards redemption?

"Let's hope we can find that authority figure instead," she offers to pacify, throwing on a smile that shines with the possibility that they might find someone out there who doesn't want to see Travelers reduced to a zombie's next meal. Even if the sentiment is only on the surface.

Ah. Her gushing over magic seems to have been a misstep. As much as she doesn't want to cause further upset, it isn't like she can outright agree with him. Whatever messages he may have received to make him think such a thing of himself, Chloe won't join that chorus. However, to be too earnest may not prove to be as reassuring as she'd hope. Given the seeming inclination towards the blithe, she attempts to echo similar. "Would you you settle for illustriously imposing? Fantastically formidable?"