Admittedly, Alistair wasn't exactly sure what he was looking for besides the presence of something that might attack him. Items? Objects of value? It was unlikely that he would find any such things in a place like this, which meant that this was basically just an enormous waste of time. Oh, he understood the necessity and didn't slack off in doing it as he moved past shallow caves, but no one said he had to like it. He'd much rather be at home with....<br/><br/>His internal lamentations were interrupted quite abruptly as he caught a sound from ahead, the Hunter glancing in that direction to see a female figure standing in one of the caves that she had been about to investigate. Well, that explained why the Kut-ku had run back here, if he had a mate.<br/><br/>There was just one slight problem. That was the fact that the Kut-ku had a mate, and that said mate had seen both him and his prize and was probably not very happy about it. He'd have to deal with this before the Felyne's showed up, lest he find himself attacked the entire way back or something like that. The notion of capturing this one too presented itself, but he dismissed it for the moment. If the opportunity arose he would take it, but he wasn't going to limit himself like that if he could help it.<br/><br/>With swords at the ready he advanced forwards, moving to close the distance and deal with this problem head on. He launched a few probing strikes first, sizing up his opponent to get some idea of what he could expect from her while being ready to dodge fire at any moment. It seemed it was time to fight again.