Lilith didn't really care what the people of Riverwood usually talked about, but when she heard words like 'many' and 'patrols', she got a little curious. A gathering of Imperial soldiers could mean many things, trouble, loot, chaos or whatever.
For an elven artist interested in finding things and making sure their so-called 'owners' lost sight of them soon afterwards, it seemed advisable to take a look around Helgen.

The walk wasn't long, but mostly boring.

On her hike, she passed the Thieves' Stone, the Mages' Stone and the Warrior's Stone. Guess. which stone did she choose when she was there for the first time?

To her great regret, Lilith had not been able to find a suitable mount in Riverwood. Riding a cow was not an option in her eyes and, so far at least, she had not been able to persuade any of the inhabitants to get a horse. Which meant no mount available, so even she couldn't ‘borrow’ one ...
 

Near Helgen, however ...

A couple of moments full of hate speech* and censorship** later

*by  poor Lilith 😢😩
**by mean Chaos 😁 not LL 😉