All of a sudden, Viri was beset by an intense fit of coughing. One that coincided, start to finish, with Deneb's attempts to see across the plain by bouncing up and down like some kind of ninja rabbit.

Yes, the healer knew, this was serious business and that was a perfectly viable tactic to increase one's range of vision. It was just... A bouncing ninja... [i]Pffffffffft![/i] She couldn't quite hold the laughter in.

She quickly sobered up once Deneb finally landed, though, thanks in part to the announcement that their enemy was already in sight. [i]In anything, we were lucky Deneb spotted it just now... If we'd wandered blindly a little further, we might have accidentally let it catch sight of us.[/i] Judging from Deneb's tone, though, the creature hadn't noticed them spying on it yet.

"Did you see which way it was going?" she asked, while the ninja tapped out a message for the others in town. Maybe it was just the aura of being near the boss, but she couldn't shake off this sense of unease that permeated the air—

[i]Wait.[/i]

The [i]air[/i]...

It was small, but obvious now that she looked for it. Her hair was moving, just slightly, long silver strands swaying on a gentle breeze. [i]There's a wind.[/i]

"Hold on!" She piped up as the ninja moved to leader her one. "Deneb, you said it was a [i]wolf[/i], right? So logically, even if it couldn't see its prey, it could find it by scent..."

Was it just her imagination, or was that fearful sensation getting stronger?

"... and if it was over that way, then... We're upwind of it." She swallowed. "If it doesn't already know we're here, it will soon."

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