It was at least two hours later, when she stopped to rest for a few moments, that Karen was reminded that this was not necessarily friendly territory!  As she sheltered in the shade of a fair-sized oak, a very pretty young woman in a tunic too short to be at all proper came ambling the other way.  If that weren't startling enough, the woman had cat ears and a tail...and when she saw Karen, she licked her lips and grinned in a most unsettling manner.<br/><br/>That was all the warning Karen had before a second cat-eared woman slipped around the tree and did her best to grab Karen!