Eskel's thought about it, in an idle sort of way. He'd never step off the Path, not for anybody, but he does think about staying longer than a week or so, maybe even a season. It's not as if there's not probably work close by: the area around Isengard is still plagued and poisoned by the evil which was done then. But he cannot bring himself to raise the notion, and he always puts it aside.

But he's not considering it now, losing all civilized sensibilities, given over to pure and joyful lust and instinct.