"Oh yeah, Tear..." He felt bad for forgetting her. Hopefully a whirlwind of spontaneous terror was excuse enough. They had run for the forest without stopping to think about anyone else, but wasting anytime in that feeding frenzy would have meant all their heads. It still didn't stop him from feeling guilty though.

"I'm sure she's fine!" Luke announced a little louder than necessary. "Tear probably headed for cover like us. I bet we'll bump into her when we get back..." Yeah, he was certain that would be exactly how it turned out. Maybe they would even meet up with her on the way. He felt confident as they moved through the woods, not even letting the spin-tingling sensation of that twig snapping get him down! Still, it was pretty freaky out here, unarmed.

"So, is there anything in the forest we should, uh, be worried about or is it just the big birds?" It wouldn't be very fun to think the worst was past and then get bodily tackled to the floor by a wild monster loose in the woods.