Kuri blinked a few times, looking around the cave before back at Brand. "Mrowww~? Where did that lady go~? And what do you mean that there's only one way to protect me, you can fight her, can't you?" she asked, looking steadily more and more worried.<br/><br/>Back at the valley, the she-wolf in free fall she sighed angrily as she plummeted. "Great. My energy is spent and I just lost my chance for my meal. No matter. I'll see that lizard and my tasty morsel again soon..." she said with a grin before crashing into the ground.