[[From here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/520180.html?thread=42979316#t43191540).]]

Hokuto sucked in her breath when she saw the scene; at least they wouldn't be taken entirely by surprise. Shifting her shovel off her back and into her hands, she wondered how to do this--the birds wouldn't target her anymore, at least, but she wasn't about to guess at her companions'... status.

"Great, these again," she muttered. Louder, "Uh--do you two know if those things... target you?" Awkward...