Joleen
*Direwolf...? Sure, that works.*

"Maybe... I don't know..."

*Playing up the fear, Hikari opted to cower in the cart and pretend to eye up the situation, internally pleased that they could capitalise off the merchant's fear so easily. 

Again, Taito's words meant a lot less here, it seemed. Moreso because the merchant deemed **Himself** More important, as rich children are want to do. Hikari's hands tightened around the edges of the cart, practically begging for their group to leave and make their scrounging easier.*

*Worst comes to worst, they still have some decent weapons on their person... And a fleeter foot than most.*
Roy
"Hmph... Alright, boss. I'll take a look. Protect the kid."
*She acquiesced with a reluctance that would make any other employer cut her payment into ribbons. Luckily, their merchant was far too preoccupied with being deathly afraid to pay much heed - not that he would have brought it up, anyway. He glanced to 'Sakura' a moment, still shivering gently at the horrid thoughts swirling in his head.*
"Wh-what did you see? Bandits?"
*The samurai would ignore the pair for now, stepping out onto the driver's seat and climbing the side panel of the wagon, katana drawn as she scanned their surroundings. Seemed like nothing... Maybe the kid had gotten nervous...*
"I don't see anythin!' Sure you saw somethin', missy?"
Joleen
*Hikari wanted to smirk. Hikari wanted to smirk so, so badly. They were a little amazed that this plan actually worked, more of a quickly cobbled together scheme than anything resembling an articulate idea for action. But work with it they would...*

*Hikari let out a quiet..*

"...Yeah, yeah I think it was bandits... Think they went that way..."

*Pointing at the direction they originally "Saw the beast/bandit/violent entity" From, Hikari took any chance of distraction they could to pull themselves from their seat to try to slip into the back, grabbing a dagger as they attempted to pry some cargo open (assuming they were properly shut of course).

A risky, poorly thought out line of action, but such was the issue when you hadn't had proper practice in a millennium.*