It was a joke. Lord have mercy. I wrote that in like five minutes. I thought that was obvious. Though, I really do think an NPC would be a good option temporarily, at least until more character interactions occur. Half the people are in one place half in another. Even if we don't travel together solitary individuals are easy pickings, and my character would have a lot of difficulty surviving. So at the very least I'd need to hire a sword, or have some kind of party.

Currently working on a real CS for companion. Will probably go NPC route cause interacting with myself would be strange. Probably do a kind of third person pov instead maybe.