Unwittingly, Dark's pacing led him further from the group. He did not mean to move away, in fact; he hated being alone but he needed a moment to stomp out his frustrations. The beat from the pacing and the mumbled curses helped. The situation confused him; he was not angry at anyone directly, although he did disagree with the decisions made, Dark simply could not bury his past. Even though he was so young, he spent his life fixated on the loss of his family and being torn away from the world he knew and never quite been able to let go despite his best efforts.<br/>He tried to remind himself that it wasn't any of his party's fault, the townspeople had it coming. Sighing, he turned back to face his group, slightly alarmed by how far he had gone, and was just in time to witness Lilu soar into the sky and flee into nearby trees. Even from a distance, Ryo and Dark read each other's expressions; Ryo giving Dark a look which said; 'go sort things out, missy'. Without anymore convincing, Dark turned and ran towards Lilu. While he didn't quite like the pair, Dark currently valued Lilu's life more than his own and could not leave him on his own.<br/><br/>Alone with Scyler, Ryo patted the Scoliopendra on his back and smiled. "They'll be fine, the bonding will do them good. How about we find something to eat," he suggested, walking ahead before receiving a reply. Running for his life first thing in the morning had worked up Ryo's appetite. And so he used it to hide his worry over his partner and the incubus, it was time for Dark to play nice with others even if he didn't like it. He entered the forest, ritually marking the trees as he continued.<br/><br/>Finding the tree that Lilu had perched in had not been easy, Dark panted, shifting his weight against the tree trunk and picked the broken twigs and leaves from his hair. Dark called out of Lilu but received no reply. Glancing up at the height of the tree, he gulped as he began to climb. Admittedly Dark had very little experience scaling trees, usually leaving this task for Ryo while he remained guard on the far more safer ground, and so proceeded to swear which each advancement until he reached Lilu. Hugging the largest branch, Dark groaned as he became level with Lilu, reminding himself over and over not to look down.<br/>"So..." he began, becoming embarrassed that he didn't think of anything to say on his way over. "What are you doing up here?"