"To the north, a canyon... To the south, a mountain... Okay, then I suppose that there are some natural barriers in place that might help us out if we set up base here..." the foxgirl mumbled to herself quietly as she listened to Lazirha's half-explanation before shrugging and returning the comments with a weak smile. Talking her way out of this by means of half-truths seemed to be getting less possible as things continued on, which only served to feed the small seed of worry that had nestled itself in the back of Misaki's mind. But given how the rest of the people she was traveling with were, it did honestly seem like concealing information would be the only viable way of sidestepping any of the big issues at hand.

More interesting than the possibility of getting outed, though, was the idea that the 'Kyrnith' was simply rampaging about. Lazirha's own comment about the creature with respect to her tail (however poorly concealed that was) also made it clear that the two shared some sort of connection. Prying into it and stopping the sporadic attacks upon the village obviously seemed like enough of a basic plan of action to be debated upon later, but that could likely be handled [i]after[/i] they weren't being stared at by the residents of the village.

Or, well, handling the attack of a rampaging beast, but that was something else entirely.

As much as she wanted to help in the battle in front of her, Misaki herself was less than incapable of actually accomplishing anything—or maybe it was the fear of messing something up and making the situation worse than it already seemed that caused her to simply remain a bystander. In the end, being protected in a situation like this gave her a bit more time to think, at least, but the way that the beast seemed to be fighting back made it seem like that much would take a bit of work.

Seeing Novak jump into the fray only seemed to rub salt in the wound, though; if she was going to help out at all here, there had to be something she could do that didn't necessarily involve throwing herself into the fray... Or, at the very least, being able to afford help without necessarily being relegated to the role of 'useless baggage (carrier)'.

"Hm... Well, in that case," she began, lowering her voice so that only Lazirha could hear, "once this has all blown over, I'd like to hear a bit more about the situation. Killing a rampaging beast without knowing the cause might only delay the arrival of a new problem, so if we could look into things, maybe..."

Trailing off as she spoke, Misaki made sure to let the young woman's mind fill in the blanks for what they might accomplish. Of course, she'd have to get the other two on board for an investigation, but as far as she knew, that didn't seem [i]wholly[/i] impossible...

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