"Friends? Nah, probably idiots who've got sore hides about me killing their friends." Aera replied offhandedly before wiping a bit of sweat off her brow. "We've been gettin' reports of children going missing, and those kind of people have no business snooping around these parts...and well, as for you, you looked decent. Not like those Invoker scum." Aera then gave a short, dry laugh after hearing Youhei's request, and then looked through the broken doorway into the shack. "Distraction? Sure, I got ya covered." 

Before the woman could even raise herself from her crouched position, a black blob was right in her face. "Shit!" she yelped, falling back as Cerberus once again bounded out from her chest. She wasn't even sure how her persona managed to make himself appear without her command, but she wasn't going to be ungrateful. Cerberus did it's best to swipe at the blob on the floor, which was now attempting to crawl up her leg. "Youhei, careful!" she cried out as she turned to look at him, but to her dismay he was dealing with his own blobby beast.

Aera hated shadows. She was frightened of them and fearful of what they could do to her, and she'd already witnessed her companions dying from these creatures. There was no way in hell she'd let that happen to her, and with a growl the woman yanked her leg free from the shadow's grip and scooted away until her back was against the far wall of the shack.