"Probably, but I don't know what it is!  I didn't think it would be worth slowing down and talking to the Skillbook merchants about that.  And yeah, the earlier Skillups come faster - I'd expect you to get another level or two in horseback riding by the time we're at the dungeon, if you got the first one that fast.  You, uh, might or might not have special circumstances beyond your DEX boost by ?? - I'm not sure how things work for, uh, somebody like you."  Empty countryside or not, there's no reason for Haroun to get any more explicit than he has to; it's a bad habit to form.

"Probably, but I don't know what it is!  I didn't think it would be worth slowing down and talking to the Skillbook merchants about that before we left.  Or I didn't think of it at all, to be honest.  And yeah, the earlier Skillups come faster - I'd expect you to get another level or two in horseback riding by the time we're at the dungeon, if you got the first one that fast.  You, uh, might or might not have special circumstances beyond your DEX boost by ?? - I'm not sure how things work for, uh, somebody like you."  Empty countryside or not, there's no reason for Haroun to get any more explicit than he has to; it's a bad habit to form.

"Probably, but I don't know what it is!  I didn't think it would be worth slowing down and talking to the Skillbook merchants about that before we left.  Or I didn't think of it at all, to be honest.  And yeah, the earlier Skillups come faster - I'd expect you to get another level or two in horseback riding by the time we're at the dungeon, if you got the first one that fast.  You, uh, might or might not have special circumstances beyond your DEX boost - I'm not sure how things work for, uh, somebody like you."  Empty countryside or not, there's no reason for Haroun to get any more explicit than he has to; it's a bad habit to form.