[ That sits just as well with her. Fern's never quite sure what to do with boisterous enthusiasm, even when it comes from her own traveling companions at home, especially because it tends to accompany some kind of irresponsible behavior... ]

I... I don't know what to think of any of this, to be honest. The monsters we fight at home become dust when they're killed, so there would never be an opportunity to... keep them around.