[ Leslie is more than happy to obey that request. She does continue forward despite the tense atmosphere, but she feels a little better about doing so when basically glued to the back of Mikasa’s legs. She continues to try to pick up on the smell Mikasa is talking about, but it’s only when Mikasa stops that she thinks she might smell the sort of thing she’s smelled after losing her own blood in much smaller amounts.

She looks around herself, not immediately seeing anything. For a moment, she begins to open one of her hands to make an illusory light ball, but almost immediately closes her hand over it, extinguishing it. If there’s the child out there, a beacon might be helpful to let them know someone is coming and maybe get them to call out for help. If a Nuckelavee is out there....]

Should we be trying to get the attention of the child out here? Or should we be trying to not get the attention of anything else out here more?