[He is definitely thinking about how lovely and picturesque and storybook-like that path was... But he'll still nod in gratitude toward this poor traumatized cute little wolf villager anyway.]

Thank you, regardless. We appreciate the kindness.

[Lucas is definitely too restless to stay and be smart and try to talk to other villagers, though. He'll pick up the hunting knife. If he can take a rabbit snare he will as well because i aki think the possibility of a future shitpost is rife, but he will prioritize knife. This is fine.

He'll also give the area like, a cursory sweeping glance just to make sure there's no one standing around who looks like they might be of obvious help, like a shady potions dealer wearing a cloak or something. But:]

The woods actually look quite lovely... But the path seems to be that way.