Ana woke up to find that the sun was only beginning to light up the land. After her talk with Shizu, she had been able to sleep more comfortably throughout the night and figured that at the very least, these girls weren't crazy. Although the thought of Shizu just being an incredibly good deceiver did cross her mind, she ultimately let her exhaustion from the day overlap her judgement.

Ana had quickly rubbed the remaining grogginess from her face and began to look around the camp, expecting to find the girls asleep or recently waken like herself. She was able to see the remains of the fire, which still had some glowing embers within it, and looked up to find only one of the girls sitting in front of her, Entoma. Entoma was sitting against the boulder that Shizu was occupying last night and had her knees brought in, presumably to keep warm like Ana herself had done throughout the night. Out of the three girls, Entoma had been the one that Ana had the least amount of contact so far, needless to say that she was going to try and get a read on her while they were alone.

"Uh, hey Entoma, where are your sisters?" Ana said as she looked around to make sure that she didn't just overlook them by mistake.

"They decided to take a walk to explore some of the immediate area."

Ana raised a brow at this, not because she was surprised that Shizu and Lupus decided to go for a walk so early, but because of Entoma's expression as she answered. Entoma still had half her face covered but even with that, Ana still found her gaze somewhat unnerving. When most people spoke, their face would move slightly, or their eyes would move and blink, but Ana had found that Entoma's eyes were almost stone-like. Ana knew that assassins, which is what she believed Entoma to be, often held good poker faces but this was on another level. Ana stood up, stretching and keeping her eyes locked on Entoma, but choosing to ask a quick question.

"So, Entoma, I assume you got some decent rest last night?"

Entoma thought for a second before responding, "I don't feel tired, you were kinda struggling yesterday though, right?"

Ana stopped stretching and her face heated up slightly at Entoma's words, "Uh, yes, yesterday, before I met you guys, I had already traveled for a while so…"

As Ana trailed off with her last words, she brought her hands together and awkwardly stood as she waited for Entoma to respond with anything. To her slight embarrassment, it seemed like Entoma was content with just staring at her, still without any emotion through facial or body expression. After several seconds of staring at each other, Ana decided to ask another question.

"Um, Entoma, I've noticed, or actually have been wondering, why you cover up all of your body like that?" Ana decided to try and confirm whether Entoma was truly some type of assassin or not.

"Hmm…Why do you?"

Ana had almost forgotten that she also hides herself underneath her own cloak, it had been so long that she had been doing so. "I just like to keep a low profile I guess."

"Me too!" Entoma quickly responded.

At this point, Entoma stood up and turned her head towards the woods. Ana witnessed this and looked towards the wilderness too, guessing that Lupus and Shizu were probably returning from their walk. To her surprise, it wasn't the pair of sisters, but a lone animal. A deer had seemed to wander within their camp and didn't look to be fazed by the presence of the two girls, likely because they were standing still. Ana observed the animal as it began to sniff the ground and let a faint smile form on her face, she had a slight soft spot for animals. As she was observing the animal, she looked over to Entoma, who was also studying the deer with her intense gaze. Ana didn't find it unusual that Entoma's stare was unrelenting as it had been previously but found herself feeling somewhat unnerved at her demeanor; like that of a predator who was trying desperately to hold back. As Ana's attention was now fully focused on Entoma she began to pick up on other things that she had not noticed until this animal suddenly appeared. For once, Entoma's eyes had some life in them but it was only comparable to those of a hungry animal, she was fidgeting with her arms and even brought one arm up to wipe her face for some reason. Ana could only observe Entoma through her figure and eyes but began to wonder how she organized any of her weaponry underneath her cloak, assuming it was weapons that she was fidgeting with.

"Hey, you finally got up!" Lupus cheered as she brought a hand down onto Ana's shoulder.

Ana let out a sudden gasp and turned to face Lupus who stood directly behind her, having appeared without warning. After her quick turnaround, Ana looked back to see the deer gone and Entoma's demeanor changed, along with her walking towards them.

Ana again faced Lupus, "Lupus, uh yeah I'm up, where's Shizu?"

"I'm here."

Ana turned around towards Entoma's direction to see Shizu emerging from the woods and calmly walking towards the group. Ana began to wonder if Lupus had deliberately chosen to sneak up behind her in order to scare her, but decided to not address it, to avoid any embarrassment. After everyone converged on each other, Ana decided to speak up about her plans to separate from the group. Although she admittedly found the girls interesting, she still decided that it would be best for everyone if she split off from the group. Ana wasn't blind to the fact that the girls clearly had the stamina to travel farther and still found herself feeling occasionally out of place within them, there was something within the girls that she couldn't quite make out.

"Well, since you all are here, I think it would be best if we finally went our own ways. Thanks for the food you promised Lupus, I-"

"Oh! Ana, we decided that you would travel with us!" Lupus suddenly interrupted.

Ana was caught off guard by Lupus's announcement and looked over to Shizu and Entoma to gauge their reactions, more specifically to see if Lupus had suddenly decided on this or if they truly agreed as a group. Entoma and Shizu were able to detect Ana's suspicion and nodded to affirm what Lupus had just announced, still leaving Ana with a concerned look.

Ana cleared her throat and began, "I, uh, well thanks, but I don't know if that's what's best for all of us. You guys obviously have goals that I would simply get in the way of, I don't mind separating. Also, I just don't see the reason…"

Ana said all this slowly shifting her gaze from Lupus, to their various surroundings. Lupus could only offer a confused look that quickly shifted to one that simply expressed confidence.

"Hmm, really? Shizu! Why don't you give Ana here some encouragement!" Lupus said as she roped her arm around CZ to bring her closer to Ana. Ana brought her attention back to Shizu and waited to see what she would say.

Shizu let out a small sigh within Lupus's hold and addressed Ana, "Ana, we believe that our traveling together could provide some benefits, which could help both of us. You have stated previously that you have no destination in mind, so it is not hindering your progress. When we met you, you were hungry, and we were able to help you with that. I've also told you that we are in the process of acquiring general information from the world and with your travel experience, could aid us in things we may not know about."

Ana was surprised by Shizu's sell but quickly realized that she didn't cover the obvious difference in their stamina. "I can see your points, but you guys can obviously cover more ground than me and I would just slow you down."

"That's not a big deal! I could help you out if you're ever feeling to out of it!" Lupus chimed in.

Ana was even more taken back by the fact that Lupus was seemingly trying hard to reel her in with them. She began to think about the benefits for herself and tried to envision what it could be like to travel with the trio in a more long term basis. Ana considered the fact that they indeed did help her with her hunger and they seemed to be capable of protecting themselves. As she noticed that the three girls were waiting for her reply, she made the decision to take their offer for now in order to have a stable source of food, security and at the very least, some interaction with people.

Ana sighed, "Alright, I suppose it could work out, but I can't promise to provide any useful information for the future. I travel a lot but don't necessarily know about everything…"

"Great! It looks like the day has finally begun! Let's get moving! Shizu give Ana another snack for the road and let's get back on the path!" Lupus said as she unwrapped herself from Shizu and began to walk towards the path with Entoma tagging by her side.

As CZ began to walk behind Lupus and Entoma, Ana chose to walk beside her and figured that she would make for the most relaxed travel partner.

Elsewhere…

Kruath traveled along the empty road, only having one thing running through his mind. After the events that took place only a short time ago, he had decided to investigate the very curious matter on his own. Whatever group it was that had slaughtered the Oxmen back in the cave hideout, were clearly proficient in what they did. At first, he had quickly dismissed the strange occurrences back in the village to that of a lone killer, but after everything that happened, he felt like the situation was becoming clearer.

To Kruath, a powerful group was working in the shadows somewhere, but not necessarily in secret as some of the gruesome displays had shown. This peaked his interest and whether that meant that he wanted to join this group wasn't really the point at the moment, he simply wanted to know what all this meant and how it played into the world.

His theories ranged from the group being something official who exterminated bandits, to a group who also made a living off crime and simply saw the Oxmen as a competitor. Needless to say, that Kruath's theories were very wide currently and he would need to find more clues regarding this mysterious group.

Kruath had previously made his way back to the village and decided to have a drink at their bar, being able to do so since he was never spotted by any of the villagers during the raid. While having his drink, he overheard some of the villagers talking about the strange girls who had recently visited the village. Kruath decided that he would run with this information for a couple of reasons. First, because the village never got any visitors and secondly because it was the only other event the coincided with the previous happenings. He would have asked the villagers for information directly but did not want any word of his investigation getting out, information after all, could travel faster than himself. He had heard that they were traveling North and began to follow the trail as such, he would simply need to keep an ear out for any interesting information regarding the group. The only thing he knew was that this group had females within its ranks that could match a description given to him by his former boss.

A/N: Honestly, a little burned out, but I'll put out when I can. Thanks to Fangiii for the review, glad you liked some moments. Thanks for the bookmarks and favorites.