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</div></div><br/>Nekro could feel Akena to his back and right still and he slowed as the foot steps started to appear more frequently. His ears were twisting and swiveling to catch the most minute sounds. Birds were falling silent, small mammals were burrowing down into their dens, and larger animals were just gone. He knew these markers as tell tell signs that Grimm were not far from them. His mother had trained him on this in a very severe method. He remembered being left out in the woods when he was barely 7 years old. His older brother’s only checked on him twice in the entire month and he was left in a Grimm heavy zone. His mother had left him with only one word. “Survive” And so he had - he hadn’t really known how to fight back then - but he could run - he could hide and he could learn.<br/><br/>This thought brought his speed up short some, his feet were silent on the forest ground somehow able to pick just the right spot to step without crunching leaves - snapping twigs - or sloshing through muck and mud. Crimson eyes glanced up at the trees as Akena radioed back again. His trot became a fast walk and he made a soft ‘Boof’ sound from behind muffled lips to grab her attention. His crimson eyes shot upwards towards the trees and then back to her then back up to the trees. His body curled in on itself like a coiling spring, then in a great burst he vaulted himself up into the branches catching hold of one before landing his feet quietly on the branch.<br/><br/>He stayed there for a moment ears pricked and eyes searching, Akena would hear as well as feel it no doubt. Heavy footsteps were not far off - and the shuffle of underbrush rustling along with the steps of the gigantic Grimm - it was moving very slowly. At this point Nekro drew his breath up in short quiet sips, he calmed his emotional status and measured his breath by doing this he hoped to stay invisible to the Grimm, and to ensure his controlled his breathing and could tell if his body was being effected by the miasma. He glanced back at Akena before suddenly jumping forward again landing on another branch - it was clear by then that he intended to make the rest of the journey from the relative safety of the trees. After a third jump he glanced back to make sure Akena was still with him when his ears honed in on the beast not but four yards ahead of them and to their right. This was when his strategy of keeping Akena to his back right would start to make sense well he hoped anyways. They were set up to keep from colliding with each other - as well as being close enough to one another that they could defend each other and also not hinder each other if they needed to jump back and away. Nekro crouched down on his branch then pointed two fingers at his eyes and then directed those two fingers back out and down towards the bushes that swayed and the black ebony back that peeked out of the underbrush below.<br/><br/>Nekro made the softest of whispers “Contact….”<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center"><div class="bbImageWrapper lazyload js-lbImage" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-single-image="1" data-src="/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FqFIJixS.png&amp;hash=bc130913fe08c2a53f5955cfa447e760" title="qFIJixS.png">
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</div></div><br/>Karmyne was following the boy along - guarding the rear so to speak as Robin led and Shiro was kept between them in a pretty much straight line. She wanted to keep their Medic protected - but at the same time she felt he could handle his self too. She had let her mind wander a little while she kept and eye on their surroundings and considering things involving the group and being able to make herself more … a part of it? More reliable? She remembered Professor Umbervynn’s comments to her in the class previously then and sighed - she was not going to like extra lessons but she would need them if she were to control the Thorn form of her weapon.<br/><br/><br/>She heard her name and then blinked golden eyes back into the moment as Robin asked her to explain her skill set to him; her face turned a shade of Scarlett that matched her hair. She wasn’t good at explaining herself to others - and what was more…. She felt this was a result for her failure in the ballistics class earlier so she felt embarrassed and useless.<br/><br/>“Um … well “ She started “I use my sword - I am alright with one on one combat but I do have a unique semblance - when activated I split into two separate mirror selves - Master Foon said it was something like Corporeal Mirror Astral Projections….” She blushed a little again she sounded silly trying to relate big words back to the Scientific minds of both Shiro and Robin. “Though Shiro has um seen my abilities and I think he’d prolly better at explaining it” She sighed as she thought I’m Useless!<br/><br/>Moments later they would get the call from Akena and Robin would relay his response then adjusted their path. She was barely listening - enough to keep up with them but she felt crest fallen still. None the less her body automatically moved for her sword, the trees were not crowing them here - so she should be able to swing way with her sword if she needed to - but she would have to keep and eye out on her surroundings to ensure she didn’t get held up in a tight spot. More troubling however, she felt like this was not going to be a good place to use her semblance, she needed open area to move without exact opposite movements being spurned by the spare random tree! She continued to strategize while she continued to follow, sword in hand she walked with the blunt edge of the blade resting on her shoulder tip pointing back she quirked a brow and noticed that Shiro had gotten awful quiet.<br/><br/>“You okay Shiro?” She asked genuinely worried about his state of mind.