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, annoyingly painful. He looked around frantically almost beginning to panic when things got even worse a low growl began emanating from the bushes. He turned to the source tiny knife at the ready when 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, really bad.[/b]" he said in response to Esmay's and Simon's question. It hurt like a paper cut, but it was giant so the pain grew accordingly. 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]That should do it, guess we keep going and hope we find something to fight off those shadows before they come back, we should probably hurry.[/b]" Though before he began moving forward again he saw Sarah curled up in a ball on the grass. "[b]And uh, someone make sure Sarah doesn't get left behind[/b]." he said awkwardly gesturing at the girl before moving forward. He didn't think he'd be very good at that whole comforting thing, he played sports for a reason after all.