[So he was right, at least partially. Then whoever this Saori was, she wouldn't be able to use her full potential to really save anyone anyway.]

These Malnosso are a formidable foe, to be sure, but I think I'll be findin' out the hard way just how impossible they are to defeat, miss Belle.

[He looked forward, noticing the item shop right in front of them and looking it over briefly before he said anything else to the girl.]

Tryin' is better than the two of us babblin' about our odds all day long, I would say.

[He didn't know nearly everything there was to know at this point anyway, and what he wanted more now than a depressing talk about their situation was a good batch of apples, a bottle of ale, and his hat.]