Emberwood retracing his steps over and over

For the brief pause after she explains why she doesn't think it'll be so easy, the girl is almost certain he'll let it go, just continue after his "well" with "guess we won't then, see ya"; an idea that brings back more feelings of shame and internal questions of "why ya gotta screw everything up?". However, thankfully, the male doesn't desist, instead returning his gaze to her and pointing out that at least deer also can't fit into food land.

Her cheeks privately crimson again. Right... Right... She hadn't even thought of that... and that was sad because it was pretty obvious... Ugh.

"Thaaat... is... truuue," she awkwardly replied, trying to play it off like she didn't feel stupid for not acknowledging as much on her own.

Deer were a lot bigger than rabbits, so maybe that meant they were slower and easier to grab onto... Man, had she been wrong about hunting this whole time? Was it actually easier to take down larger prey than small, speedy prey? Then again, deer did have those sharp hooves and powerful kicks... not to mention mama deer... but still, the lack of potential for them to disappear down a literal rabbit hole did make it feel more plausible. Yeah... maybe she could do this! She was game!

"C'mon. Their trail intersects with mine at a crossroads a few yards back."

"Uh, yeah! Lead the way!"She readily replies, wasting no time in trotting after him when he turns to leave.

Cool, so, they were doing this now... yeah... Totally gonna be fine. She totally... totally wasn't gonna mess this up or make another fool of herself... totally... and even if she did, she was putting an odd amount of trust into this random stranger to carry her where she did fail and take down the fawn regardless of whether or not she messed up.

Oh shit! He said his name, didn't he? Wintersbane. Huh, cool. Never heard anything like that before...

"Oh, I'm Sybil, by the way. Sorry. Nice to meet you?"

it all comes full circle~