The girl arched her brow suspiciously and gave him the stink eye before opening her mouth again. "Really? How would you know about the forest? You're not from town, are you?" She eyed him up and down, trying to note every detail about him. To be honest she doubted he wanted to harm her, but you could never know. Besides, she was in a forest and it was raining. She was alone. The perfect target for some insane person to pounce on her and stab her to death. Oh, maybe she was exaggerating a little but she was still a cautious person, her trust growing slowly, just like that of a snow leopard. "Where's the shelter? It's not far away, right?" Her nervousness was apparent.<br/><br/>Also, that smile on his face... What could be so funny?<br/><br/>He introduced himself as Francis and she relaxed her shoulders a little. No need to scowl since he had told her his name and that was something at least. "I'm Elin." She replied and blushed slightly at his next question. Elin blinked her eyes and forced herself to give him a confused look, as if he had said something utterly bizarre just now. "O-out of breath? Well! I, uhh, had some people follow me. You know how the forest is just full of crazy weirdos." She raised her brows, as if to make a point about Francis with those words. "So I ran away and ended up here. Are you sure you're not one of them, Francis?"<br/><br/>Elin threw a glance over her shoulders, to the other path she had taken earlier and could hear approaching footsteps. The group had lost her and was coming back their way. "We should go!" She spoke suddenly, eyes wide and alerted, a nervous smile on her face. "Lead me to that shelter of yours. Hurry! I'm cold and I think I'll faint if I stand here longer!" Elin was of course exaggerating, she was completely fine. But she'd do anything in order to avoid getting caught by the unpleasant people who were after her.