Strauss brought as his arm back as a cut suddenly appeared on his arm from a shadow that leapt from the trees, the cut was surprisingly shallow but also very, very, annoying painful. He looked around frantically almost beginning to panic when things got even worse a low growl began emanating from the bushes. Looking at the source Strauss saw a fearsome white lion creature snarl viciously and then quickly run away.

To his surprise the shadows returned to normal and the sunlight that he hadn't noticed vanish quickly returned. He looked at his arm that was now welling up with blood, "[b]Well I don't know if we have HPs or whatever but it hurt.[/b]" he said in response to Esmay's question. He pondered for a moment before cutting off the sleeve of his T-shirt using the cloth to cover the wound and tying it as best he could. "[b]Guess we keep going and hope we find something to fight off those shadows before they come back, we should probably hurry.[/b]"