«قَدْ أَزْمَعْتُ أَنْ لَا أَزُودَكَ بَتَاتًا»
I have resolved not to supply you with travel provisions outright.
A warm reception does not lead automatically to unconditional assistance. When the patron refuses to provide provisions “outright,” the scene gains a condition: literary performance must precede aid. An act of hospitality becomes the premise of a test.
A delayed or qualified gift can function as the engine of the next episode. The change is not simply proof that the patron is ungenerous; it creates a demand that another character must answer. The reader should distinguish first impressions of welcome from the actual terms under which help is offered.