The bright canopy with all its charm would not distract her. Katheryn, with her sharpened magical senses from the mist, plus her normal status of alert, immediately noticed the presence of someone... Or some[u]thing[/u]. She dipped down into the trees. Based on build and outline, it appeared to be a man, not old, but not a boy either. The mist, thick as it was, obscured it, but there was something wrapped around his wrist, perhaps to enhance him somehow. As she had learned from her time making strategies, it's always best to consider the worst case scenario. She positioned herself in such a way that he would not notice her going down, maybe merely see a flicker of movement, nothing more. Unless, of course, he had equipped some sort of magical presence to himself. Which would, in all likelihood, detect her fully. His being near the stream supplied a good advantage for her. She fingered her blade again as a fish jumped out of the stream and returned to it, sensing carefully and meticulously.

She had come here to train her skills, hoping not to run into a fight but also somewhere deep inside hoping someone would come. Her frail body proved a hindrance, but her speed was near-unsurpassed. She needed to train her strength and endurance. In the next town on, she had ordered another device to be specially made for her, a high-frequency emitter that would deafen a dog...and improve drastically her blade. No human would detect it without extraordinary abilities. However, it would take a while, so she trained in the hopes of preparing herself for any time she might be disarmed. 

Her heightened senses allowed her to see, if faintly, a flash of bright green about where the man's eyes would be. This could mean he had some sort of magical presence attached to him, he was a demonic or otherwise magical being himself, or he was simply a very extraordinary man. Katheryn knew how to prepare for all of these. She muttered under her breath: [color=teal][b]"Witch Spell."[/b][/color] The brightly colored beam faded into existence over 4 seconds, giving away her current location easily for anyone looking as it grew, and disappeared within a millisecond. Whether it had hit, she couldn't tell, as she jumped out of the way and wasn't looking. The man didn't appear extremely agile, certainly not enough to to dodge the accurate, lightning-fast beam even if he noticed it. But looks can be deceiving. She jumped out of the way to avoid revealing her location, silently landing on another branch and traveling up to the canopy. She poked only her eyes through the leaves to see what he would do. If he had another helping presence, this would be unecessary, for that would detect her anyway. But there was no helping that, and though the ability left her just a bit drained, it was nothing major. With adequate rest of her power, she could recover fairly quickly.