Stepping out into the clearing, the aptonoth remain peaceful as the girls begin to make their way towards the caves.  They watch warily but neither approach nor shy away from the huntresses, content to live and let live so long as they are not the ones being stalked.  The shadows at the edge of the clearing move more frantically for a time and a few Melynx can be seen peering out of the bushes for brief instants before scurrying away but despite their typical eagerness to approach humans they seem reluctant, as though frightened of something.<br/><br/>A few moments later, just as the huntresses approach the center of the clearing, the aptonoth seem to acquire oddities in their behavior too as they begin to stamp at the ground, hooves digging into the soft earth as they toss their horned heads.  The small herd begins to turn, as though making to flee, but the huntresses espy yellow eyes in the shadows of the caverns ahead and while the herbivores are clearly forewarned in some manner that forewarning is not enough as a trio of Jaggi accompanied by a Great Jaggi come bounding out of the caves towards them.  They are fast, the pack of raptors leaping and slashing at one aptonoth to bring it down in a matter of seconds while the larger one simple bulls his shoulder into another, knocking it to the ground before his head darts down to tear the creature's throat out.<br/><br/>In the space of ten seconds only one Aptonoth remains, fleeing the Zone in a panic while the Jaggi give warbling cries of victory.  For the moment the huntresses are unnoticed by the raptors but one can be sure they will be spotted soon enough.