Blackfoot Forest every year is getting shorter

Then she was faced with Kalganov, mad at HER for some ungodsly reason. She returned his snarl with one of her own, bristling. She thought it was only fair to inquire of Mou's whereabouts and focus those inquiries first on the girl, who was the lone outlier in this situation. That was, unless Kalganov was some sort of spy...

Traitors, Maegi hissed, eyes flashing between the two of them. You'll pay for this.

Then, without warning, she turned on her heel and wiggled back into the tunnel, racing back down again. Moving at twice the speed, searching for the end of Mou's scent trail.