Just because Beau hasn't been on the road American style doesn't mean she knows nothing about long-term travel. Hitchhiking is still a thing in Faerun, though it's more for wagons than it is for cars.

Regardless, he gets that stupid smile on and Beau frowns, removing her hand enough to actually slap him this time. It's not hard, but it should register the annoyance. "It doesn't matter if I missed you, idiot. We all thought you got fucking eaten or something. Where the hell were you going?"

Yes, she's peppering him with questions immediately, and yes, Jeff might feel that desire to answer and the terrible feeling of her eye-related persistence.