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|| { Refracted: DH } ||

Daya gratefully accepted his support. "Okay.. I should be fine for now. It just caught me by surprise, is all." She mumbled.

As they trekked along the thick forest, she started feeling a little dizzy. Well, that just means they're getting closer, right? Closer to finding this life-sucker. Daya's fingers were held tightly around the handles of her knives, waiting to strike as soon as she saw this demon.

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

Suddenly, she dropped to one knee, her face becoming pained. "The.. the hell?" She growled under her breath. She started feeling weak, her arms and legs starting to shake. "He's close, guys. Be careful." She managed to stand, but her legs were shaky.

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

She paused for a moment. "Around here. They sounded nearby, so the creature must be near as well." Daya looked around, using her impeccable eyesight to try and find something. "I see another set of tracks." She pointed to the dark paw-prints left in the grass.

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

"Yeah, I think so. If it's a big animal it could be a danger to other DH members, so let's go and get it." Daya stood, equipping both of her knives. "Ethan, are you coming too, or are you gonna stay here?" She asked.

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

"Maybe it's just a coyote or something. Those live here, right?" She asked, her feathers starting to bristle. That happened whenever she was shocked, angry, etc. "and Ethan, how'd you know what it is?"

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

Daya lied down on the ground after eating the rest of the steak. Her hands lied on her belly as she closed her eyes for a few seconds. "Man, I haven't eaten that much in years. I'm gonna get fat." She mumbled. Her eyes snapped open when she heard a flock of birds fly off, screeching a warning call.

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

"Well, that's because we need to hunt it at night, so we'll be moving around anyway." She said after throwing the barren bone out into the forest. She went through her bag and pulled out a cold piece of steak and began eating that, too.

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

"Well, if anything does find us, we'd just chase it off. Or kill it, if it attacks us." A bird flew over them, letting out a loud warble. "Plus, I think Sebastian was just saying that it looks nice."

Daya sat down on the ground outside of the outpost, gnawing on the bone of what used to be the leg of a rabbit, trying to get the rest of the small pieces of meat stuck to it. She also had packed some things she found at the DHHQ, like a few leftover pieces of steak, and some other meat-related items. She didn't like eating plant-related things, as owls don't eat that type of food.

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

Daya nodded, feeling proud of herself for finding the first clue of this demon's location. Her feathers bristled when she heard a growling noise, but a few moments later realized it was just her stomach. "Hey, when we get to the uh.. to the place, can we eat? I'm starving."

|| { Refracted: DH } ||

"I was joking, but okay." Daya's mouth curled into a small smile. Though, she wasn't entirely joking, as her mouth began to water at the thought of eating a freshly caught mouse.

They'd been walking for a couple hours now, but there hadn't been any signs of the demon yet.

"Wait, there!" She yelled suddenly, seeing a few large spots of dead grass. The plants around them seemed withered as well. Daya sprinted over to the dark spots. They were in the shape of a large paw. "These are old, but still, if we follow them we might catch it!"