"Got it in one. Honestly, even now, I've found myself glancing around, just in case there's wild ones around. Just in case I need to act, to protect."

She sighs and rakes a hand through her hair. "Not seeing any around but mine or catching a glimpse of Bitsy is incredibly disconcerting and no matter how long this trek lasts, it will always be so. The same with not hearing any or even feeling the prickle of a psychic-types mind against my own."