Jade Fern Grove departure to the west

He trailed along behind, watching as she stopped several times to sniff this and that. Eventually, he realized she was on the trail of something. With great amusement, he watched as she seemed to press her foot down on something, stalling her for a moment. When she moved far enough ahead, Kaertok sniffed at the stick, pleased that she had been able to keep herself near silent as she followed the trail of her prey. At this point, he realized it was a rabbit she was after.

Kaertok's role, at least for now, was to simply observe. Thus far, she hadn't noticed him, and he thought that was the best option. If and when she did happen to realize he was following, he was curious to see her reaction. Would she abandon her quest, or would she simply ignore him and move on to what she was already doing?