[ It doesn't take Lux's warning grip to give Allen pause; he's also stopped for a moment with a more sober sort of expression and his eyes fixed ahead. Even if the phantom is beyond the current range of his sight, there's a lingering sense the trail it left as well. But that's also hardly reassuring as—
(that howl) ]
...
[ A little uneasily, he presses his lips together for a moment grips the hilt of the blade she's become, a delicate longsword. A turn of the wrist and way he straightens that's almost like one would take a moment to give an acknowledging (and perhaps reassuring) squeeze. ]
There's no point in waiting.. [ Either it'll ambush them here, ambush them there, or get away then. But... he sounds reluctant to admit it as well. Don't get him wrong, he doesn't like this kind of situation either.
Regardless—she might notice his countenance shift as he makes up his mind—and begins to follow the trail. Deeper into the woods—towards that howl—and with cloak and sword both streaming behind him as he moves at a brisk, fluid pace of his own. Watching as much to the sides as ahead though, looking for any sign of the ayakashi. All too familiar with how these sorts of things can go.]
no subject
(that howl) ]
...
[ A little uneasily, he presses his lips together for a moment grips the hilt of the blade she's become, a delicate longsword. A turn of the wrist and way he straightens that's almost like one would take a moment to give an acknowledging (and perhaps reassuring) squeeze. ]
There's no point in waiting.. [ Either it'll ambush them here, ambush them there, or get away then. But... he sounds reluctant to admit it as well. Don't get him wrong, he doesn't like this kind of situation either.
Regardless—she might notice his countenance shift as he makes up his mind—and begins to follow the trail. Deeper into the woods—towards that howl—and with cloak and sword both streaming behind him as he moves at a brisk, fluid pace of his own. Watching as much to the sides as ahead though, looking for any sign of the ayakashi. All too familiar with how these sorts of things can go.]