Eponine clamped on tightly to the straining strong muscles of the Ramen. Fearing he might not be strong enough to hold her, she quietly muttered a spell to reduce the burden by making her weigh not more then a feather. Since she was not running, nor straining herself, she was able to keep the spell up as long as the man kept running through the woods and did not let go of her.<br/><br/>With a careful eye, and her arms wrapped around the neck of the monster, whom she had all forgotten about to loathe, she watched the treetops hid them from sight. It was unnerving to go from one horrible happening into another, but as they crawled through the under-bush she wondered if the creatures had seen them flee.<br/><br/>''I think they did not see us''<br/><br/>She whispered, trying to keep the noise down underneath her breath, her hands clutching the dark crimson robes with white-blood drained knuckles.<br/><br/>''Why are they following you? Why have they burned down my village! ''<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>