[h2]Angela[/h2]

What ensued was a peculiar argument. Elizabeth's claim of "I suspected it was an enemy" was rebuked by "this is a safe zone, right?", while "she started it" was left uncountered. Ultimately, Elizabeth's words succeeded in making me uncomfortable about the situation, leading Elizabeth to utter an insincere apology to keep my negative emotions from reaching herself by stemming them.

"...and you won't do that again?" I asked.

[color=ed1c24]"I can't promise that. What if some monster tries disguising itself as one of us? But I'll check if it's not that damn slime first."[/color] Elizabeth answered, self-righteous as ever. I nodded in response - it was probably all I would get.

Looking around, I noticed entire minutes have passed. There was no sign of the others. "And now it appears our friends - allies are gone. We should probably find them, it could be dangerous to be alone." The significance of what I said took a little moment to get to me - along with the beginnings of panic. They were, however, cut short by Elizabeth's voice.

[color=ed1c24]"I can easily find them."[/color] she said, sniffed at the air a few times, then ran to the doorway. I followed to the best of my ability, managing to keep up with her, if only barely. 

Fortunately, it appeared that the others barely left the shrine, facing off against a single person on the edge of the woods.
[color=ed1c24]"Stay. Let's see what happens before we do anything."[/color] commanded Elizabeth, then added [color=ed1c24]"I just got scolded for acting rashly, after all."[/color]