[It's always symbolic, duh. The castle is not real. But unfortunately Juri is still very much trapped in the coffin of her own adolescence and blinded by the illusions to realize that she and her little cult are being scammed big time. BUT OH WELL, that's not here nor there.
She halts on his mark, her grip tightening around sword's handle. She listens carefully, slowly turning her head to left where the faint sound of rustling leaves seems to be coming from. Now, it could as well be your regular wild animal -- they are in the woods after all. But it had been far too quiet for that for some time now, so..
Silently, she raises her hand up as a sign for her companion to stay still. After that she takes a few practiced slow steps, absent of any sound towards the direction she had been staring.]
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She halts on his mark, her grip tightening around sword's handle. She listens carefully, slowly turning her head to left where the faint sound of rustling leaves seems to be coming from. Now, it could as well be your regular wild animal -- they are in the woods after all. But it had been far too quiet for that for some time now, so..
Silently, she raises her hand up as a sign for her companion to stay still. After that she takes a few practiced slow steps, absent of any sound towards the direction she had been staring.]