Before Ash could answer that he belonged to neither and that they were merely students participating in the Vytal festival, the woman had already begun to inspect the area. The team leader was hit again with sensations of this mysterious woman's past and wondered what it was like, but he hardly had the time to ponder that. With one quick glance back to Soleil, the leader began to slowly move away from his Faunus ally and just a few inches further into the wreck.

He wasn't moving particularly far nor had he planned on moving particularly fast. The fire was beginning to die down to small embers, but he could tell by the lack of aura that many had not made it. He felt his hand subconsciously pull down the top of his cloak as if to disguise himself from all the horror around as he would continue to search for Nyte and Phoenix.  "Nyte! Brother!" A pause. "Phoenix! Nyte!" 

Nothing.

And so further he went, blissfully unaware of Nyte calling for his name in the opposite direction.