The Dragonborn shrugs. "Everyone must walk their own path. If yours leads you to embrace the pain of your arrow wound, who am I to dissuade you from that?" He makes no mention of how the fellow was tied up at the feet of the mercenaries, despite the man's assertion that he was 'getting on fine without help'. Mor'du then says, "We are looking to rescue as many civilians as possible that may be hiding in the buildings up ahead. Do you know anything of the numbers of bandits that might be between us and them?"