Nyoko's hands clenched around the bowl. Haruki gladly let her eat first, and instead concentrated on Blake's words. "So no one knows the way here..." he thought out loud. "That's actually a good idea. Whatever would want to follow would have a lesser chance of-"<br/><br/>All of a sudden, he sprang up, immediately reaching for his katana, and unsheathing the long blade. Something dark moved on the edge of his vision, and he faced the dark shape among the trees with incredible speed. However, he quickly recognized just an ordinary fox - it was no deadly enemy, only an animal. With a sigh, he sheathed it again, and dropped down. "Just a fox." he uttered. Nyoko, who almost spat her food out after seeing him jump up, eased up in relief and continued gorging on the meal. "You don' 'ave to be so paanoid," she mumbled with her mouth full, and smirked a little. Haruki gave her a frown.<br/><br/>"If I wasn't cautious, we'd both be long dead." he uttered. Even then, he kept a hand on the hilt.