Hills Like White Elephants Choices Quotes

This casual question is the first sentence of the conversation between the man and Jig. They are able to make the choice easily, with a minimum of drama. Yet, as we soon learn, they have much bigger choices to make.

Jig isn’t necessarily asking the man what they "will" do, like she says, but what he thinks they will do. She seems to be testing him with every breath, and growing more distraught each time he fails.

This sounds like a very reasonable set of statements. He’s telling her how he feels (though not why) while (reluctantly?) acknowledging her right to choose.