[Guts follows behind him at his own pace, watching Lalli run off ahead. He's guarding the rear, he would tell himself. Or maybe, he's just too bored with the peace of the blasted wood (strange animals and all) to be perfectly alert on the path ahead of him.
He stops in his tracks as his partner does, if a few feet behind, and looks up. Something moves across his blind side. He can't see it - but he can sure hear it, and turns his head to find some leaves floating from the canopy over their heads.]
...
[There - a blurry silhouette in the branches of the woods. His arm emerges from the pitch black of his cloak, but he doesn't quite reach for his sword, yet. Not everyone out here was hostile.]
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He stops in his tracks as his partner does, if a few feet behind, and looks up. Something moves across his blind side. He can't see it - but he can sure hear it, and turns his head to find some leaves floating from the canopy over their heads.]
...
[There - a blurry silhouette in the branches of the woods. His arm emerges from the pitch black of his cloak, but he doesn't quite reach for his sword, yet. Not everyone out here was hostile.]