Deep down in the core of his being, he cried, but he didn't let it show, though for quite a few minutes he had trouble walking around with his "flagpole" but he finally got over it after thinking about other things, like how ugly that beast had been, that sure killed it. "Once we get to this forest, that's where the real adventure begins, don't it?" he said excitedly, he was still an adventurer at heart, and he did join this little brigade to find the forests secrets, it had nothing to do with the fact he was a loli-con...nooo, not at all.