Fei Lan kept quiet as Mamoru laid out his plans, nodding at key points but only half-listening. Her mind wandered a bit as she tried to recall the natural watering holes and streams in the area. She had stopped at a few along the way, but hadn't bothered to commune with the spirits to find the other ones in the area. She hadn't spoken with many of the ones in this area. Normally they would fawn over her very presence, but they seemed a bit reclusive around here. [i]I'll need to entice them a little bit...[/i]

[quote][i]"Are you two okay with that"[/i][/quote]

"Oh...Uh, yes, that's fine." She replied thoughtlessly, only catching the general idea behind his plan. "If you could lead us to the largest pond or lake in this area, I could find this bear much easier. It would spare us a lot of needless searching..." 
She knew her request was a little unorthodox and, in actuality, she had no need to request such a thing. She could find it herself without too much effort, but she wanted to get know her escorts better. And this seemed like a good enough excuse. She had every intention of just communing with the local spirits to find this bear when they arrived,