[PQ] Into the Woods Without Delay

KIADA

She doesn’t particularly like the idea either, but she obliges because Jigano was the one who gathered them, and with enough eyes they should be able to notice something amiss. She feels Amalia’s warmth in letting them separate and she takes to the sky, to the branches that Jigano has instructed. And she watches, curiously, while the rest of them continue on and speak to one another. Quietly, she soars to another branch, and another, watchful and wary of what might become of them.

But after a few moments, she lingers on the branch for Amalia to catch up — and she stares hard at the direction Amalia should come from for far longer than normal. And when her spotted friend doesn’t show, panic begins to erupt in her gut. She moves from the trees toward the path already taken, remaining high and seeing nothing amiss other than no Amalia. With worry and frustration settled deep within her, she cries a guttural call to her companions, swooping back to catch up to the group as the panic sets in even further.

“I can’t see Amalia!” She croons to them mentally, a voice confused and upset as her blood red gaze slips to the pale raven. “She is not behind us.” She wants Jigano to tell her what to do, if she should lose sight of the other companions to rush back to the Settlement, she would. If he wanted her to remain and fight, she would too.