Even with a bum leg, Duster could climb up a steep pile of rocks with relative ease thanks to years of experience. It would be more helpful to have equipped the Monk Job, but the reservations of using those skills that killed Aoi and Jack were still there. Better yet, bundled up in the Santa Claus outfit, he would stay warm, and he'd fall a bit behind so that he didn't have to talk to Akane much.

"Alright."

He vaguely remembers how it looked, but nothing about where patches of Tupperworthy can grow. If he found a flower, only then would be confer to Akane. They less they spoke, the less likely she'd get angry at him.

"Winter plants might be easier to find in alcoves. We can search there first."