Markus had fallen asleep for only a mere moment. As he shot awake he noticed Castitas was gone, "Castitas?" He searched around for the priestess with no luck. "Damn, I was suppose to protect her!" He turned and punched a near by tree cracking the bark a little. He sighed deeply, calming down and sitting up against the tree. "Every time I try to do the right thing I find a way to ruin it." The knight ran a hand across his face, tears welling up in his eyes. What if she? No he couldn't think that way. She told him she could handle herself, so he shouldn't worry, right? Even so a small voice nagged at him, telling the young knight that his companion was a goner. Suddenly the sound of foot steps arose, but not just one set of foot steps, two. He shot his gaze over to a saddened Castitas and a... well he wasn't sure what it was. All he knew was it was some kind of hound and it looked dangerous, well besides the fact that it looked like it had seen a ghost. Markus was about to rush forward and attack the thing, but in that kind of state even the most vicious creature isn't a threat. He did, however quickly stand up and bolt to Castitas and hold her in a tight embrace, "Oh thank the Gods, you're okay. I thought maybe... you were gone... for good." He buried his face into the priestess neck tears falling down his cheeks, "I promise, I'll keep better watch over you." After a few minutes, he loosened his grip and looked into the young girls eyes, "Are you okay? Do you need anything?" Markus glanced over at the hound, "I don't mean to be rude, but what are you doing with that thing?"