[Kaede's ears flicked back when Maria looked at her like that, the Chimera's mouth settling into a mortified grimace. With two Bonds pulling her thoughts back into place, the blood-thirst quickly unraveled and faded to the recesses of her mind. She shook her head, to clear the last traces of it--and snapped it around at the rustling noise.
Whatever-it-was made a rather undignified but very human squeak of alarm when the Chimera stared at them. But, the would-be Wilder was made of sterner stuff. They swallowed, audibly, and emerged out of the undergrowth.
Kaede stared at him for a moment longer, and shook the blood off of her sword to sheathe it. The new human in the equation took that as permission to speak.]
"What--about the others, miss?" [The Wilder addressed Maria--then caught himself, and dipped his head to Kaede too.] "Those...beasts scattered the lot of us."
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Whatever-it-was made a rather undignified but very human squeak of alarm when the Chimera stared at them. But, the would-be Wilder was made of sterner stuff. They swallowed, audibly, and emerged out of the undergrowth.
Kaede stared at him for a moment longer, and shook the blood off of her sword to sheathe it. The new human in the equation took that as permission to speak.]
"What--about the others, miss?" [The Wilder addressed Maria--then caught himself, and dipped his head to Kaede too.] "Those...beasts scattered the lot of us."