It was true that they might be stumbling right into a trap, but from what Sora understood, there wasn't usually any way to avoid danger at Landel's. No matter what they did, they were going to get attacked or surprised in some way. It wasn't like the forest seemed much safer. Still, Kurogane seemed to have meant that as a warning rather than a protest, so their minds were all made up.

"Sticking together, right!" He nodded to Tsubaki, smiling at her as one more thanks before he started down through the brush toward the institute. While he didn't know if everyone had safely fled the buses, he hoped that was the case. He couldn't imagine how terrible it would be to get picked off while stuck out in the cold like this, and by one of those nasty birds no less.

He had wandered through forests and jungles in the past, so Sora was light on his feet as he wove through the trees. With the combination of the fever and his new injury, he had to admit that he was starting to feel woozy, but he tried his best not to focus on that. Every now and then he had to use his free hand to catch his balance on a tree trunk, but for the most part he was holding himself together.