Elin blinked her eyes in awe when Francis didn't even answer to her but instead ran out of the door like a little boy. The hunters laughed at him and shook their heads, saying something about him not being mature enough or confident enough. She tried to process what had just happened, why Francis was taking her words so hard. He barely knew her! Why in the world would he..? Oh... Elin blinked her eyes, not knowing what to think. The thought had crossed her mind earlier, but since the way Francis dealt with affection was so radically different from human beings, she hadn't really detected it. But now she did. He had a thing for her. After knowing her for two days. And even then, what did he really know about her as a person?<br/><br/>She finished her ribs in silence, the thought of a meteor never crossing her mind, obviously. Thankfully such thing never happened, because if it would have, Elin would have most likely died in the process as well. "Thank you so much." She spoke to the hunters once she was done eating. "I wish there was a way I could repay you."<br/><br/>"Well, there might be. Would you like to hunt with us?" One of them asked with a smile.*<br/><br/>"Oh, don't be like that! She wouldn't hunt with three old geezers! I have a better idea. You see, I have a son, about your age, who likes hunting. He's really determined to get a fox of some sort of decorate his living room wall. Would you be willing to help him?"<br/><br/>Elin froze a little at the mention of a fox, but played it off quite well. "A fox? You don't mean that fox that tricks people? I think I ran into it today. It was the scariest moment of my life." She looked down as the hunters gasped and exchanged looks.<br/><br/>"Thank goodness we found you! Well then, I'll speak to Kian. He'll be happy to have a friend to hunt with." The hunter spoke with a kind nod.<br/><br/>Once they were done with their conversation, Elin left the restaurant and searched for Francis in the streets with her eyes. The fox boy was nowhere to be seen. She wished she could have explained things to him a little better, but there just wasn't any chance she'd ever return to the forest alone. Hell, she didn't even know where his cabin was exactly. Then again, this Kian guy could be her ticket to meeting him again, just to say what she really had to say. Elin sighed, annoyed by Francis' behavior but at the same time feeling guilty for her own. Perhaps she had been unnecessarily cold.<br/><br/>The girl took herself a room at one of the inns and paid with the little money she still had left, receiving help from a nearby hunter who heard her sob-story about a fox stealing her money in the forest. Elin felt a little bad for lying so much, but she liked the village so much that she was willing to risk things by doing so. Falling into her bed, she closed her eyes and sighed in delight as exhaustion finally took her.