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As the second of the two fugitives pleaded the spiritualist to aid his friend, the man in question seemed to recoil visibly, shrinking away from her despite the fact that she hadn't moved. Well, she supposed, it was to be expected. Those people who had heard of her somewhat lackluster reputation generally treated her with distrust and distaste. A Child of the Sabbaths, a person bound to be paranoid by nature, would surely treat her with outright fear after hearing that she had murdered one of the incarnations of Saint Celice herself, and that she had somehow stolen that individual's powers. Still, there was no time to lose in trying to placate this boy. They needed to escape as quickly as possible!

"I understand your sentiments," Argo said sadly. "And I do not expect you to trust me. However, at the moment, understand that even if I should want to harm you in any way, you are much more valuable to me as you are than you are dead. We can speak of these things later. Right now, we need to make haste and leave this area as soon as possible."

For a while the boy did not speak, but when he did, it was with a calmer tone of voice.

"Argo, you came from that direction. Is there anywhere we could rest in safety in that copse?" He asked, pointing to the small wood from which Argo had emerged only a short while ago. The young spiritualist smiled slightly, glad to see that he would at least accept her advice for now, and set about answering.

While the wolves den had been a safe refuge for her, she doubted she would be able to convince the animals to accept so many Humans amongst them, although she could probably talk her way into allowing them passage through the woods. That meant that they'd need to find another shelter, instead.

"There are. However, I'm afraid that the hideouts I used will not be viable to a group larger than myself. We'll need to find new shelters. But, first, we should locate this sister of your comrade's, should we not? The hunters are ruthless. It would not be beyond them to capture a target's relatives and hold them hostage as a means of luring their victim into the open."