Kevin chuckled when Zara asked him not to shoot in her direction. As long as she stayed laying down, she should be fine, but he couldn't come up with a reassuring way to tell her that he couldn't make any promises. The rest of the foot rub went by in relative silence, the contractor finding peace and solace in the quiet of the world around him. And once his companion was feeling better, and announced that she was ready to go, he pulled out a cigarette of his own, and lit up as he started walking again. It was generally safer to smoke on the move, he'd found. It spread the signature out. And while it did leave more of a trail for those who knew where to look, anyone good enough to follow a cigarette trail probably didn't need one in the first place.

The werehyena kept the pace slow regardless. He could easily outpace Zara, of that he was sure, but the vampire was the whole reason he was out here, so he saw no reason to leave her behind. Indeed, he had more than enough motivation to stay relatively close to her and make sure no harm could get anywhere near her vitally important self. With that in mind, he hefted his rifle a little higher as he finished his smoke, and continued to sweep the area as he walked. [i]She's cute, eh?[/i] Coyote decided to chime in at the worst possible time, of course, and the soldier groaned.

"Not now." he hissed as quietly as possible, not wanting to freak his friend out.

[i]You're all alone out here...[/i] the fiery canine still didn't seem to understand things like social boundaries, and the shaman had given up trying to explain such things.

"Contact left." the man said it matter-of-fact-ly, and it worked like a charm. He swivelled left and shouldered his rifle, and Coyote shut up immediately, retreating out of the way until he was needed. Of course, there was nothing there, and he quickly returned to his walk as if nothing had happened. The trickster god was kind enough not to jump back in and start being irritating immediately, though, and Kevin took full advantage of the reprieve...

((What do you think? A nice calm walk to their campsite, or should we liven things up?))