*realizes too late that she's talked herself into a corner (she can't very well say "my mom and I were visiting my uncle, the king")*
*in a tone that suggests she does this sort of thing all the time* Well, I hitchhiked out of town and that's where the guy said he was going. I didn't really care where I was going, I just wanted to get out for a little while, you know?
*takes a turn at the drinking fountain before looking to you again* What's Menegroth like? I've never been there. Mom says most of my family's on Wanted posters.