[The town's not that big, but the farmland... well. They can experience that hike for themselves, if they haven't already.]

She could be in town. Or she could have been the only one with access to a working bus.

[He's not sure what she'd have to gain by leaving entirely, but he's not going to rule out the possibility of her going back and forth between here and... wherever the hell.]

Don't let me stop you from finding out. ...But I am gonna have to if the sheriff's office gets any more calls about suspicious armed trespassers. [At least he sounds a lot less pissy about it than he did initially.]